In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Alpheton like this:
ALPHETON, a parish in Sudbury district, Suffolk; on an affluent of the river Stour, 7 miles N of Sudbury r. station. Post Town, Lavenham under Sudbury. Acres, 1,202. Real property, £1,844. Pop., 298. Houses, 69. The property is not much divided. The parish is a meet for the Suffolk hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £275.* Patron, the Rev. W. J. Aislabie. The church is tolerable.
Alpheton through time
Alpheton is now part of Babergh district. Click here for graphs and data of how Babergh has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Alpheton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Alpheton, in Babergh and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6997
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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