In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wordwell like this:
WORDWELL, a parish in Thingoe district, Suffolk; 5¼ miles NNW of Bury-St. Edmunds r. station. Post town, Bury.-St. Edmunds. Acres, 2,299. Real property, £964. Pop., 65. Houses, 12. The property belongs to the Rev. E. R. Benyon. The living is a rectory, annexed to West Stow.
Wordwell through time
Wordwell is now part of St Edmundsbury district. Click here for graphs and data of how St Edmundsbury has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wordwell itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wordwell, in St Edmundsbury and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7977
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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