In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Elmsett like this:
ELMSETT, a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk; on a branch of the river Orwell, 4 miles NE by N of Hadleigh r. station. Post town, Hadleigh, under Ipswich. Acres, 1, 973. Real property, £3, 600. Pop., 459. Houses, 101. The property is subdivided. There is a calcareous crystallizing spring. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £580.* Patron, Clare Hall, Cambridge. The church is of flint, and good. There is a Baptist chapel. Boyse, one of the translators of the Bible, was a native. A fair is held on Whit-Tuesday.
Elmsett through time
Elmsett is now part of Babergh district. Click here for graphs and data of how Babergh has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Elmsett itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Elmsett, in Babergh and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7150
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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