In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Assington like this:
ASSINGTON, a parish in Sudbury district, Suffolk; on an affluent of the river Stour, 3½ miles NE of Bures r. station, and 5 SE of Sudbury. It has a post office under Sudbury. Acres, 2,986. Real property, £5,020. Pop., 747. Houses, 162. The manor belonged formerly to the Corbets, and belongs now to J. Gurdon, Esq., whose seat is Assington Hall. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £390.* Patron, J. Gurdon, Esq. The church was recently restored at a cost of £3,000. There are a national school, and charities £7.
Assington through time
Assington is now part of Babergh district. Click here for graphs and data of how Babergh has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Assington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Assington, in Babergh and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7004
Date accessed: 07th May 2024
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