Layham, Suffolk

Historical Description

Layham, a parish in Suffolk, on the river Brett, 1½ mile 8 by E from Hadleigh station on the G.E.R. It has a post office under Hadleigh (K.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Hadleigh. Acreage, 2531; population of the civil parish, 542; of the ecclesiastical, 521. The manors of Over-bury Hall and Netherbury Hall belong to the Dipnall family. Holbecks, Overbnry Hall, and Moat Hall are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net value, £520 with residence. Patron, St John's College, Cambridge. The church is a building of flint in the Decorated style.

Administration

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

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Layham from the following:

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

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