Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WILLISHAM

WILLISHAM, a parish in Bosmere district, Suffolk; 3 miles W of Claydon r. station, and 7 NW of Ipswich. Post town, Needham-Market. Acres, 927. Real property, £1,418. Pop., 186. Houses, 43. The manor belongs to the Rev. E. B. Sparke. W. Hall is the residence of W. Boby, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £56. Patron, the Rev. E. B. Sparke. The church is plain Norman. Charities, £5.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Willisham AP/CP       Bosmere and Claydon RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Willisham

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