In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ashbocking like this:
ASH-BOCKING, or Ashbocken, a parish in Bosmere district, Suffolk; 5 miles NE of Claydon r. station, and 8 N of Ipswich. Post Town, Coddenham under Needham-Market. Acres, 1,408. Real property, £2,588. Pop., 324. Houses, 70. The property is not much divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £333.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church has a brass of a Bocking of 1585, and is very good. Charities, £25.
Ashbocking through time
Ashbocking 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 Ashbocking itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ashbocking in Mid Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6999
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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