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.
ELMSETT, a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk; on a branch of the river Orwell, 4 miles NE by N of Hadleigh r. station. Post town, Hadleigh, under Ipswich. Acres, 1, 973. Real property, £3, 600. Pop., 459. Houses, 101. The property is subdivided. There is a calcareous crystallizing spring. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £580.* Patron, Clare Hall, Cambridge. The church is of flint, and good. There is a Baptist chapel. Boyse, one of the translators of the Bible, was a native. A fair is held on Whit-Tuesday.
(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: | Elmsett CP/AP Cosford RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Elmsett |
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