In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Blakenham like this:
BLAKENHAM (Little), a parish in Bosmere district, Suffolk; 1½ mile WSW of-Claydon r. station, and 4¾ miles S by E of Needham-Market. Post Town, Great Blakenham, under Ipswich. Acres, 1,054. Real property, £1,688. Pop., 146. Houses, 34. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £280.* Patron, the Rev. J. Jackson. The church is good.
Little Blakenham through time
Little Blakenham is now part of Mid Suffolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mid Suffolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Little Blakenham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Blakenham in Mid Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7037
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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