In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Walsham le Willows like this:
WALSHAM-LE-WILLOWS, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Stow district, Suffolk. The village stands 5 miles W by N of Finningham r. station, and 8½ NNW of Stowmarket; and has a post-office‡ under Bury-St. Edmunds, and a public hall and reading room. The parish comprises 2,800 acres. ...
Real property, £5,656. Pop., 1,290. Houses, 282. The manor belongs to the Rev. T. B. Powell. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ely. Value, £93. Patron, T. M. Golding, Esq. The church is good. There are Independent and Baptist chapels, national schools, and charities £89.—The sub-district contains eleven parishes. Acres, 18,585. Pop., 5,990. Houses, 1,248.
Walsham le Willows through time
Walsham le Willows 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 Walsham le Willows itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Walsham le Willows in Mid Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7844
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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