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Melton.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta., Suffolk, on river Deben, 1 mile NE. of Woodbridge and 11½ miles NE. of Ipswich by rail, 1429 ac., pop. 1400; P.O.; has machine works and trade in corn and coals; in vicinity of vil. are Melton Hall and Melton Lodge, seats; 1 mile N. of vil. is the county lunatic asylum.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "parish and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Melton AP/CP Suffolk AncC |
Place: | Melton |
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