Description
Monks Eleigh, a village and a parish in Suffolk. Th£ village stands near the river Brett, 2 miles W of Bildeston, and 4 1/4 SE from Lavenham station on the G.E.R., and has a post office under Bildeston (S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Bildeston. The parish comprises 209 9 acres; population, 547. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net value, £350 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is a neat building of flint and stone in the Decorated style, with a fine embattled western tower. There is a Congregational chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
