In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Finborough like this:
FINBOROUGH (Great), a parish in Stow district, Suffolk; on the river Orwell, 3 miles WSW of Stow-market r. station. Post town, Buxhall, under Stow-market. Acres, 1, 631. Real property, £1, 558. Pop., 419. Houses, 98. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Wollastons, and passed to the Pettiwards. ...
Finborough Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £130. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is ancient but good, and contains monuments of the Wollastons. There are an Independent chapel, and charities £53. Wollaston, the writer of the "Religion of Nature, " was a native.
Great Finborough through time
Great Finborough 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 Great Finborough itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Finborough in Mid Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7184
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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