Benhall, Suffolk

Historical Description

Benhall, a parish in Suffolk, which consists of two small detached villages, Benhall Green and Benhall Street, adjacent to the Alde river, 1¼ mile SW of Saxmundham. It has a post office of the name of Benhall Green, under Saxmundham, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 2165; population, 588. The manor belonged to successively the Uffords, the De la Poles, and the Dukes. Benhall Lodge is a pleasant country seat standing in a beautifully wooded park of 150 acres. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; net yearly value, £129 with residence. The church is a building of flint in the Norman style, and has a brass of 1548.

Administration

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

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Benhall from the following:

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

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