In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Somerleyton like this:
SOMERLEYTON, a parish, with a village, in Mutford district, Suffolk; on the river Waveney and the Lowestoft railway, 5½ miles NW of Lowestoft. It has a r. station with telegraph, and a post-office under Lowestoft. Acres, 1,810. Real property, £3,512. Pop., 621. Houses, 124. The manor belongs to R. ...
H. Reeve, Esq.; and s. Hall is the seat of Sir. F. Crossley, Bart. There is a large manufactory of bricks, tiles, and earthenware. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £363.* Patron,Lucas, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1854. There are a Baptist chapel, an endowed school with £22 a year, a charity for widows and destitute children, and a.poors' allotment £36.
Somerleyton through time
Somerleyton is now part of Waveney district. Click here for graphs and data of how Waveney has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Somerleyton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Somerleyton, in Waveney and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7691
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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