Wantisden, Suffolk

Historical Description

Wantisden, a parish in Suffolk, 3 miles SE of Wickham, Market Junction station on the G.E.R. Post town, Wickham Market. Acreage, 2133; population, 88. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £60. The church is a small building of stone in the Decorated style.

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 Wantisden from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wantisden (St. John the Baptist))

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