Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HARDWICK

HARDWICK, an extra-parochial tract in Thingoe district, Suffolk; 2 miles S of Bury-St. Edmunds. Pop., 25. Houses, 4. It belonged to Bury abbey; contains Hardwick House, the seat of the Cullum family; and is noted for a fine breed of black-faced sheep.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "an extra-parochial tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Thingoe RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Hardwick

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