In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Earl Stonham like this:
STONHAM-EARL, a parish in Bosmere district, Suffolk; containing Stonham village, 3 miles NE of Needham-Market r. station. Acres, 2,520. Real property, £5,047. Pop. in 1851, 860; in 1861, 752. Houses, 161. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £659.* Patron, Pembroke College, Cambridge. The church was partially restored in 1865. There are a dissenting chapel, a foundation school, and charities £120.
Earl Stonham through time
Earl Stonham 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 Earl Stonham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Earl Stonham in Mid Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7709
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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