A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
FRESSINGFIELD, a parish in Hoxne district, Suffolk; 4 miles S by E of Harleston r. station, and 8½ W by N of Halesworth. It has a post office under Harleston. Acres, 4, 560. Real property, £9, 273. Pop., 1, 325. Houses, 290. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Withersdale, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £597.* Patron, Emanuel College, Cambridge. The church is ancient but good; has a tower and a porch; and contains a brass of 1489, and an altar-tomb of Archbishop Sancroft. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £46. Archbishop Sancroft was a native, and also died here.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Fressingfield CP/AP Hoxne RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Fressingfield |
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