In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bildeston like this:
BILDESTONE, or Bilston, a village and a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk. The village stands 6 miles NNW of Hadleigh r. station, and has a post office‡ under Ipswich. It was formerly a market-town: and still has fairs on Ash-Wednesday and Holy-Thursday. The parish comprises 1,420 acres. ...
Real property, £3,769. Pop., 788. Houses, 164. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £346.* Patron, the Rev. J. Gedge. The church is later English, and stands apart from the village. A spired tower was built in the centre of the village in 1864. There are a Baptist chapel and a national school.
Bildeston through time
Bildeston is now part of Babergh district. Click here for graphs and data of how Babergh has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bildeston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bildeston, in Babergh and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7035
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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