Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Haverhill

Haverhill, market town and par., partly in Essex but chiefly in Suffolk, 15 miles W. of Long Melford by rail, 2545 ac., pop. 3685; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Friday; mfr. of silk umbrella covers.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Haverhill AP/CP       Essex AncC       Suffolk AncC
Place: Haverhill

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