In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hunston like this:
HUNSTON, a parish in Stow district, Suffolk; 3¼ miles NW of Elmswell r. station, and 8 NW of Stowmarket. Post town, Ixworth, under Bury St. Edmunds. Acres, 957. Real property, £1, 584. Pop., 172. Houses, 33. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to John H. Heigham, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £55. Patron, J. H. Heigham, Esq. The church is good; and there are charities £12.
Hunston through time
Hunston 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 Hunston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hunston, in Mid Suffolk and Surrey | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7303
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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