In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cratfield like this:
CRATFIELD, a parish in Blything district, Suffolk; 6 miles WSW of Halesworth r. station. It has a post office under Halesworth. Acres, 2, 085. Real property, £3, 964. P, 604. Houses, 139. The property is divided among a few. Part of the land is common. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £116.* Patron, the Rev. E. Hollond. The church is later English, with square tower, and good; and there is an Independent chapel. A school has £9 from endowment; and other charities £171.
Cratfield through time
Cratfield is now part of Suffolk Coastal district. Click here for graphs and data of how Suffolk Coastal has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cratfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cratfield in Suffolk Coastal | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7108
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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