Palgrave, Suffolk
Historical Description
Palgrave, a pleasant village and a parish in Suffolk. The village stands near the boundary with Norfolk, 1 mile SW of Diss station on the G.E.R., and 4 miles NW of Eye, and has a post and money order office under Diss; telegraph office, Diss. The parish comprises 1504 acres; population, 776. There is a parish council consisting of eleven members. The manor belongs to Lady Bateman. St John's is a mansion standing in a small park near the village. The living is. a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £280 with residence, in the gift of Lady Bateman. The church is an ancient building of flint and stone in the Perpendicular style; consists of nave and chancel, with N and S porches, and an embattled western tower; and contains the remains of T. Martin the antiquary, and monuments to the Harrisons. There are a town estate charity worth about £30 a year, and a charity derived from £1100 invested in stocks, which is divided between the school and the poor.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Suffolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Palgrave St. Peter | |
Hundred | Hartismere | |
Poor Law union | Hartismere |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Palgrave from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Palgrave (St. Peter))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Palgrave 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: