Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SWILLAND

SWILLAND, a parish in Bosmere district, Suffolk; 3¾ miles N by E of Westerfield r. station, and 6 N by E of Ipswich. Post town, Ipswich. Acres, 951. Real property, £1,869. Pop., 243. houses, 52. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £262.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient but good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Swilland CP/AP       Bosmere and Claydon RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Swilland

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