Sternfield, Suffolk

Historical Description

Sternfield, a village and a parish in Suffolk, 1½ mile S of Saxmundham station on the G.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Saxmundham. Acreage, 1108; population, 212. The manor belongs to the Long family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £319 with residence. The church is an ancient building of flint and rubble, consisting of chancel and nave, and a low embattled western tower. It has a stained east window, and for an altarpiece a fine painting by West of the " Blind Man restored to Sight"

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 Sternfield from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Sternfield (St. Mary Magdalene))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Sternfield 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