Monks Eleigh, Suffolk

Historical Description

Monks Eleigh, a village and a parish in Suffolk. The village stands near the river Brett, 2 miles W of Bildeston, and 4¼ SE from Lavenham station on the G.E.R., and has a post office under Bildeston (S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Bildeston. The parish comprises 209 9 acres; population, 547. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net value, £350 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is a neat building of flint and stone in the Decorated style, with a fine embattled western tower. There is a Congregational chapel.

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.

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 Monks Eleigh from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Monks-Eleigh (St. Peter))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Monks Eleigh 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