ELMSETT
"ELMSETT, a parish in the hundred of Cosford, county Suffolk, 4 miles N.E. of Hadleigh, its post town and railway station on the Great Eastern line, and 8 N.W. of Ipswich. It is situated on a tributary of the river Orwell. There is a dropping well id this parish, the water of which is said to possess a healing virtue for certain complaints. This was the birthplace of the Rev. John Boyse, one of the translators of the Bible. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Ely, value £580, in the patronage of Clare Hall, Cambridge. The church is an ancient structure of flint. It is dedicated to St. Peter, and contains some old monuments. The register commences in 1684. There are charities producing about £3 per annum. The Baptists have a chapel. A fair is held on Whit-Monday."
Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003
Cemeteries
- St Peter, Manor Road, Church of England
Census
Church History
Descriptions and photographs of churches in the parish may be found in Simon Knott's Suffolk Churches.Church Records
- Churches in Elmsett:
- St Peter, Manor Road, Church of England
- Elmsett Methodist Church, Whatfield Road, Methodist
- Chapel, The Street, Primitive Methodist
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Elmsett area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.
If you keep this page loaded for a very long time and the database is updated since loading it, the church links above may become stale and may display the wrong church. If this happens, reloading this page will correct them.
Description and Travel
You can see pictures of Elmswell which are provided by:Gazetteers
Ask the GENUKI Gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from Elmsett to another place.Historical Geography
- Details of the administrative areas of which Elmsett has been a part can be seen in Vision of Britain, which contains details of historic boundaries, and more about this place.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL982636 (Lat/Lon: 52.234863, 0.901150), Elmswell which are provided by:- StreetMap
- Open StreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps
- Old Maps Online
- Vision of Britain
- English Jurisdictions in 1851
- Magic
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google map.
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
