In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chediston like this:
CHEDISTON, a parish in Blything district, Suffolk; near the East Suffolk railway, 2 miles W by N of Halesworth. Post town, Halesworth. Acres, 2, 378. Real property, £3, 821. Pop., 418. Houses, 84. The property is subdivided. Chediston Hall is a Tudor edifice, and the seat of the Rants. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Halesworth, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is old and tolerable. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and charities £49.
Chediston through time
Chediston is now part of Suffolk Coastal district. Click here for graphs and data of how Suffolk Coastal has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chediston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chediston in Suffolk Coastal | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7085
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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