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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Somerleyton like this:
SOMERLEYTON, a parish, with a village, in Mutford district, Suffolk; on the river Waveney and the Lowestoft railway, 5½ miles NW of Lowestoft. It has a r. station with telegraph, and a post-office under Lowestoft. Acres, 1,810. Real property, £3,512. Pop., 621. Houses, 124. The manor belongs to R. ...
H. Reeve, Esq.; and s. Hall is the seat of Sir. F. Crossley, Bart. There is a large manufactory of bricks, tiles, and earthenware. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £363.* Patron,Lucas, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1854. There are a Baptist chapel, an endowed school with £22 a year, a charity for widows and destitute children, and a.poors' allotment £36.
Somerleyton is now part of EAST SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Somerleyton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Somerleyton, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7691
Date accessed: 17th February 2026
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