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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Yaxley like this:
YAXLEY, a parish, with a village, in Hartismere district, Suffolk; 1½ mile E of Mellis r. station, and 2 W of Eye. It has a post-office under Eye. Acres, 1,238. Real property, £2,720. Pop., 510. Houses, 60. The property is much subdivided. Y. Hall is a Tudor mansion. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £150.* Patron, the Rev. W. H. Sewell. The church is good; and there are two dissenting chapels, and charities £42.
Yaxley 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 Yaxley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Yaxley, in Mid Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8137
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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