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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Willisham like this:
WILLISHAM, a parish in Bosmere district, Suffolk; 3 miles W of Claydon r. station, and 7 NW of Ipswich. Post town, Needham-Market. Acres, 927. Real property, £1,418. Pop., 186. Houses, 43. The manor belongs to the Rev. E. B. Sparke. W. Hall is the residence of W. Boby, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £56. Patron, the Rev. E. B. Sparke. The church is plain Norman. Charities, £5.
Willisham is now part of MID SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how MID SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Willisham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Willisham, in Mid Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7949
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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