Alnesbourne Priory, Suffolk

Historical Description

Alnesbourne Priory, a township in Nacton parish, Suffolk, near the river Orwell, 4½ miles SE of Ipswich. A small Augustinian priory anciently stood here, and was annexed in the 13th century to the monastery of Woodbridge. Acreage, 923; population, 52.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Alnesbourne Priory from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Alnesborne)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Suffolk papers online:

• The Ipswich Journal
• East Suffolk Mercury and Lowestoft Weekly News
• Bury and Norwich Post
• Bury Free Press