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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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LIDGATE, or LYDGATE, a village and a parish in the district of Newmarket and county of Suffolk. The village stands near the boundary with Cambridgeshire, 6 miles S by W of Higham r. station, and 6½ SE of Newmarket; and has a post office under Newmarket.—The parish comprises 1,780 acres. Real property, £3,120. Pop., 443. Houses, 99. The property is divided chiefly among four. The manor belonged to Richard ' ' sans Nose; ''was given by him to Bury abbey; and belongs now to W.Kitchiner, Esq. Remains exist of a castle, which belonged to the Earl of Pembroke, in the time of Edward III. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £485.* Patron, the Rev. Robert H. Cave. The church is ancient; was restored partly in 1853, and further in 1863; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There are an Independent chapel, a parochial school, and charities £15. John of Lidgate, a poet of the 15th century, and a monk of Bury abbey, was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Lidgate AP/CP Suffolk AncC |
| Place names: | LIDGATE | LIDGATE OR LYDGATE | LYDGATE |
| Place: | Lidgate |
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