Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Melford, Long

Melford, Long, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Suffolk, 3 miles N. of Sudbury and 15 miles S. of Bury St Edmunds by rail, 5185 ac., pop. 3293; P.O., T.O.; was once a market town, which belonged to Bury Abbey; Melford Hall and Melford Place are seats.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Long Melford CP/AP       Suffolk AncC
Place names: LONG MELFORD     |     MELFORD     |     MELFORD LONG
Place: Long Melford

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