Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WATTISHAM

WATTISHAM, a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk; 2 miles NE by N of Bildeston, and 5¾ WSW of Needham r. station. Post town, Bildeston, under Ipswich. Acres, 1,298. Real property, £1,878. Pop., 220. Houses, 49. The manor belongs to J. F. Robinson, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ely. Value, £110. Patron, King's College, Cambridge. The church is good; and there are a Baptist chapel, and charities £72.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wattisham CP/AP       Cosford RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Wattisham

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