In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Felsham like this:
FELSHAM, a village and a parish in Stow district, Suffolk. The village stands 5½ miles S by E of Thurston r. station, and 7 W by S of Stowmarket; and has a post office under Bury St. Edmunds, and a fair on 16 Aug. The parish comprises 1, 630 acres. Real property, £2, 871. Pop., 394. Houses, 86. The property is much subdivided. Felsham Hall is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, not reported. Patron, the Rev. T. -Anderson. The church is good; and there is a Baptist chapel. There is a town and poor's estate, with £60 a year.
Felsham through time
Felsham is now part of Mid Suffolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mid Suffolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Felsham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Felsham in Mid Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7181
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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