Wingfield, Suffolk

Description
Wingfield, a parish, with a village, in Suffolk, 4 1/2 miles S by W of Harleston station on the G.E.R. It has a post and money order office under Harleston; telegraph office, Stradbroke. Acreage, 2495; population, 466. The manors belong to the baronet family of Adair and Lady Bateman. Wingfield Castle consists of remains of an ancient seat of the De la Poles, comprises moat, drawbridge, battlemented walls, turrets, and towers, and has been partly converted into a farmhouse. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £220 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is a very fine ancient structure, was made collegiate in 1362 by the widow and the brother of Sir John Wingfield, and has been extensively restored.