Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Thorpe le Soken

Thorpe le Soken, small market town and par. (ry. sta. Thorpe), Essex, 12 miles SE. of Colchester, 3337 ac., pop. 1092; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Wednesday. The par. contains Thorpe Hall, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small market town and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Thorpe le Soken CP/AP       Essex AncC
Place: Thorpe le Soken

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