In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wenhaston like this:
WENHASTON, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Blything district, Suffolk. The village stands 2¾ miles SE of Halesworth r. station, and has a post-office under Halesworth. The parish includes Mells hamlet, and comprises 2,196 acres. Real property, £4,395. Pop., 948. Houses, 229. ...
The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £143. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £28 a year, and charities £44. Ruins of an ancient chapel are at Mells.—The sub-district contains 18 parishes and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 28,311. Pop., 8,791. Houses, 2,006.
Wenhaston through time
Wenhaston is now part of Suffolk Coastal district. Click here for graphs and data of how Suffolk Coastal has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wenhaston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wenhaston in Suffolk Coastal | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7859
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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