Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SAPISTON

SAPISTON, a parish, with a village, in the district of Thetford and county of Suffolk; on an affluent of the Little Ouse river, 3 miles N N W of Ixworth, and 6 N of Thurston r. station. Post-town, Ixworth, under Bury St. Edmunds. Acres, 1, 230. Real property, £1, 594. Pop., 255. Houses, 53. The property belongs to the Duke of Grafton. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ely. Value, £100.* Patron, the Duke of Grafton. The church is tolerable; and there is a parochial school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Sapiston AP/CP       Suffolk AncC
Place: Sapiston

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