In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Creeting St Mary like this:
CREETING-ALL SAINTS, a parish in Bosmere district, Suffolk: adjacent to the river Gipping and the Eastern Union railway, 1½ mile N of Needham-Market Post town, Needham-Market. Acres, with Creeting-St. Mary and Creeting-St. Olave, 3, 115. Real property of C-All Saints alone, £2, 355. ...
Pop., 333. Houses, 74. The property is much subdivided. The manor of C-All Saints belonged to the Bridgmans and the Crespignys. The living of C-All Saints, C-St. Mary, and C-St. Olave is a conjoint rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £663.* Patron, Eton College. The church is very ancient, but good. Charities, £57.
Creeting St Mary through time
Creeting St Mary 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 Creeting St Mary itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Creeting St Mary in Mid Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7109
Date accessed: 28th September 2024
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