Braiseworth or Breisworth, Suffolk
Historical Description
Braiseworth or Breisworth, a parish in Suffolk, 2 miles SSW of Eye station on the G.E.R., and 3½ SE of Mellis. Post town, Eye, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 730; population, 119. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £185 with residence. The church, a building of flint in the Norman style, was erected in 1857.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Suffolk | |
| Hundred | Hartismere | |
| Poor Law union | Hartismere |
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 Braiseworth or Breisworth from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Braiseworth)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Braiseworth or Breisworth are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Suffolk papers online: