In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hitcham like this:
HITCHAM, a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk; near the river Bret, 1 ½ mile NNW of Bildeston, and 6¾ NW by N of Hadleigh r. station. Post town, Bildeston, under Ipswich. Acres, 4, 117. Real property, £6, 879. Pop., 991. Houses, 231. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £1, 000. Patron, the Crown. The church is later English, and has a carved roof and a tower. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities about £110. Burkitt, the commentator, was a native.
Hitcham through time
Hitcham is now part of Babergh district. Click here for graphs and data of how Babergh has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hitcham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hitcham, in Babergh and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7291
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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