In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Waldingfield like this:
WALDINGFIELD (Great), a parish, with a village, in Sudbury district, Suffolk; 3¾ miles NE of Sudbury r. station. It has a post-office under Sudbury. Acres, 2,423. Real property, £4,634. Pop., 622. Houses, 146. The manor belongs to R. Rodwell, Esq. Babergh Hall is occupied by J. Bourne, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £795.* Patron, Clare College, Cambridge. The church's chancel was restored in 1865. There is a national school.
Great Waldingfield through time
Great Waldingfield is now part of Babergh district. Click here for graphs and data of how Babergh has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Waldingfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Waldingfield, in Babergh and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7840
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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