In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Oakley like this:
OAKLEY, a village and a parish in Hartismere district, Suffolk. The village stands ¾ of a mile S of the river Waveney at the boundary with Norfolk, 1 mile E of the Roman road to Norwich, 2¼ S E by E of Diss r.station, and 2½ N by E of Eye; and has a letter-boxunder Scole. The . ...
parish comprises 1, 288 acres. Real property, £2, 304. Pop., 332. Houses, 47. The manor, Oakley Park, and nearly all the property belong to Sir E.Kerrison, Bart. Oakley House is the residence of Admiral Sir B. W. Walker, Bart. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Brome, in the diocese of Norwich. The church stands on an eminence, ½ a mile from the village; and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower. There are town-lands yielding £22 a year.
Oakley through time
Oakley 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 Oakley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Oakley in Mid Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7563
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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