Knoddishall, Suffolk

Historical Description

Knoddishall, a village and a parish in Suffolk. The village stands 1¼ mile W of Leiston station on the G.E.R., and 3 miles ESE of Saxmundham, and has a post office under Saxmnndham; money order and telegraph office, Leiston. The parish contains also part of the hamlet of Coldfair Green, and the quondam parish of Buxlow, and is sometimes called Knodishall-cum-Buxlow. Acreage, 1850; population, 441. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Buxlow, in the diocese of Norwich; tithe commuted at £491 with residence. The church of St Lawrence, which stands on a rising ground, is a building of flint and stone in the Decorated style, consists of chancel, nave, and western tower, and has a brass of 1460.

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 Knoddishall from the following:

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

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