A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WOOLVERSTONE, a parish in Samford district, Suffolk; on the river Orwell, 4 miles E of Bentley-Junction r. station, and 4½ SSE of Ipswich. It has a postal letter-box under Ipswich. Acres, 1, 256; of which 305 are water. Real property, £2,033. Pop., 239. Houses, 48. The manor, with W. Hall, belongs to J. Berners, Esq. An obelisk, 96 feet high, was erected in 1793, to the memory of W. Berners, Esq. The living is a rectory, annexed to Erwarton. A new chancel to the church was recently erected. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Woolverstone AP/CP Samford RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Woolverstone |
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