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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Witnesham like this:
WITNESHAM, a parish, with a scattered village, in Woodbridge district, Suffolk; 2½ miles N by E of Westerfield r. station, and 4½ NNE of Ipswich. It has a post-office under Ipswich. Acres, 1,996. Real property, £4,245. Pop., 634. Houses, 131. Cockfield manor belongs to Mrs. Woodham; and Red Hall manor, to Mrs. M. G. Edgar. There are several sand pits. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £645.* Patron, St. Peter's College, Cambridge. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1845. There are a Baptist chapel and a national school.
Witnesham is now part of EAST SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Witnesham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Witnesham, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7956
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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