In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Somerton like this:
SOMERTON, a parish in Sudbury district, Suffolk; 8 miles NNW of Sudbury r. station. Post town, Bury-St. Edmunds. Acres, 1,040. Real property, £1,600. Pop., 153. Houses, 29. S. Hall is the seat of J. E. Hale, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £207.* Patron, the Marquis of Downshire. The church is good.
Somerton through time
Somerton is now part of Babergh district. Click here for graphs and data of how Babergh has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Somerton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Somerton, in Babergh and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7695
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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