Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KETTLEBASTON

KETTLEBASTON, a parish, with a village, in Cosford district, Suffolk; 2 miles NW of Bildeston, and 7 NW by N of Hadleigh r. station. Post town, Bildeston, under Ipswich. Acres, 1, 063. Real property, £1, 660. Pop., 198. Houses, 40. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the De la Poles; passed to the Waldegraves, the Lemans, and others; and belongs now to Mrs. Beechcroft. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £300.*-Patron, W. Dimes, Esq. The church is good, has a tower, and contains an old brass, and an old monument of Lady Jeremy. There are a national school, and charities £5.


(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: Kettlebaston AP/CP       Cosford RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Kettlebaston

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