In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whatfield like this:
WHATFIELD, a parish, with a village, in Cosford district, Suffolk; 3 miles N of Hadleigh r. station. Post town, Ipswich. Acres, 1,570. Real property, £2,696. Pop., 340. Houses, 74. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £484.* Patron, Jesus College, Cambridge. The church is old but good. There are an Independent chapel and a national school.
Whatfield through time
Whatfield is now part of Babergh district. Click here for graphs and data of how Babergh has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whatfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whatfield, in Babergh and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7919
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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