Little Wenham, Suffolk
Historical Description
Wenham, Little, a parish in Suffolk, 1½ mile W by N of Capel station on the G.E.R., and 4½ miles SE by E of Hadleigh. Post town, Colchester. Acreage, 940; population of the civil parish, 56; of the ecclesiastical, with Capel St Mary, 661. The living is a rectory, consolidated with Capel St Mary. The church is of the 13th century. There are considerable remains of a moated castle of the 13th century.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Suffolk | |
Hundred | Samford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1558.
Churches
Church of England
All Saints (parish church)
The church of All Saints' is a plain rubble edifice of the 13th century, in the Early Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and western tower and one bell: it contains a brass to the Brewse family, dated 1503, a monument to Gilbert Debenham, 1371; and another to Joseph Thurston, d 1732: a new roof was placed on the church in 1903 by Miss Crisp, at a cost of about £300, there are about 100 sittings.
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 Little Wenham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wenham, Little)
- Kelly's Directory of Suffolk, 1912
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Little Wenham 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: