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Gisleham, Suffolk

Historical Description

Gisleham, a parish in Suffolk, near the coast, 2½ miles S from Carlton Colville station on the G.E.R., and 4½ SW by S of Lowestoft. Post town, Lowestoft; money order and telegraph office, Kessingland. Acreage, 1341; population, 287. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross yearly value, £312 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient but very good, has a round tower, surmounted by a hexagonal steeple, and contains an octagonal Later English font, and remains of a screen.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

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

Ancient CountySuffolk 
Ecclesiastical parishGisleham Holy Trinity 
HundredMutford and Lothingland 

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


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Gisleham from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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DistrictWaveney
CountySuffolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtNR33
Post TownLowestoft

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