In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Battisford like this:
BATTISFORD, a parish in Bosmere district, Suffolk; 2 miles W by S of Needham r. station. Post Town, Needham. Acres, 1,542. Real property, £2,662. Pop., 504. Houses, 103. The property is subdivided. An hospital of knights of St. John of Jerusalem was erected here in the reign of Henry II., and given, at the dissolution, to Sir Richard Gresham. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £400. Patron, the Rev. E. Paske. The church is good.
Battisford through time
Battisford 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 Battisford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Battisford in Mid Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7021
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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