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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Westerfield like this:
WESTERFIELD, a parish, with a village and a r. station, in Ipswich district, Suffolk; on the East Suffolk railway, 2½ miles NNE of Ipswich. Post town, Ipswich. Acres, 1,070. Real property, £1,891. Pop., 325. Houses, 74. W. House is the seat of E. Packard, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £350.* Patron, the Bishop of N. The church is good, having three painted windows; and there are an endowed school with £10 a year, and charities £16.
Westerfield 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 Westerfield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Westerfield, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7861
Date accessed: 17th February 2026
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