Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WESTHALL

WESTHALL, a parish, with a village, in Blything district, Suffolk; 3 miles NE of Halesworth r. station. Post town, Wangford. Acres, 2,316. Real property, £3,883. Pop., 468. Houses, 112. The property is much subdivided. W. Hall belonged to the Bohuns, and remains with their female representatives. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £195.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of N. The church has Norman portions. There is a national school.


(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: Westhall CP/AP       Blything RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Westhall

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