Glemsford, Suffolk

Historical Description

Glemsford, a village and a parish in Suffolk. The village stands near the river Stour, 4½ miles ENE of Clare, and has a station on the G.E.R., and a post, money order and telegraph office (R.S.O.) The parish comprises 2246 acres; population of the civil parish, 2375; of the ecclesiastical, 2441. There are a horsehair and cocoa-nut fibre manufactory, a silk-throwing mill, and a silk factory. The manor belonged at Domesday to Earl Odo. A priests' college was established here in the time of Edward 'the Confessor, and had numerous privileges, which were confirmed by Stephen, Henry II., and Henry III. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net yearly value, £323 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The church is a large Gothic building of stone and flint. There are Primitive Methodist and two Baptist chapels.

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 Glemsford from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Glemsford 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:

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