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KEDINGTON, or KETTON, a village and a parish in Risbridge district; the village and most of the parish in Suffolk, but part of the latter in Essex. The village stands on the river Stour, 2½ miles ENE of Haverhill r. station; and has a post office under Newmarket. The parish contains also Brockley-Green, Great Wilseys, and the Risbridge workhouse. Acres, 2, 342. Real property of the Essex portion, £1, 317; of the Suffolk portion, £3, 638. Pop. of the E portion in 1851, 104; in 1861, 115. Houses, 26. Pop. of the S portion in 1851, 668; in 1861, 881. Houses, 134. The increase of pop., in the latter, arose partly from the erection of the workhouse. The property is divided among a few; and a chief portion of it belongs to H. Purkis, Esq. The manor was known, at Domesday, as Keditune; belonged to the Baynards; and passed to the Earls of Clare and the Barnardistons. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £701.* Patron, the Rev. W. H. Syer. The church is neat and good, and contains many ancient and handsome monuments. A school has £7 from endowment, and other charities £32.
(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: | Kedington AP/CP Risbridge RegD/PLU Essex AncC Suffolk AncC |
Place names: | KEDINGTON | KEDINGTON OR KETTON | KEDITUNE | KETTON |
Place: | Kedington |
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