Campsea Ash or Ashe by Campsea, Suffolk
Historical Description
Campsea-Ash or Ashe-by-Campsea, a small village and a parish in Suffolk, 2½ miles from Wickham Market, on the East Suffolk railway, and having an important station at Wickham Market. Campsea-Ash is also the junction for Framlingham. It has a post and money order office under Wickham Market, which is the telegraph office. Acreage, 1825; population, 240. Ashe High House is a fine country seat, the property of the Lowther family. It stands in a well-timbered park, which abounds with deer. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; tithe commuted at £432. Patron, the Right Hon. Lord Rendlesham. The church of St John the Baptist has been restored. It has a beautiful tower, and a brass to the memory of a priest. A nunnery of St Clare was founded here in the time of King John by Theobald de Valoines, and some remains of it are to be seen at the Abbey Farm.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Suffolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Campsey Ash St. John The Baptist | |
Hundred | Loes | |
Poor Law union | Plomesgate |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Campsea Ash or Ashe by Campsea from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ash, Campsey (St. John The Baptist))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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