A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BERGHOLT (East), a parish in Samford district, Suffolk; on the river Stour, and on the Eastern Union railway, midway between the Manningtree and the Bentley stations, 9 miles SW of Ipswich. It has a post office under Colchester. Acres, 3,063. Real property, £8,450. Pop., 1,397. Houses, 339. The property is much subdivided. Ackworth House is the seat of Sir Thomas Seaton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, not reported. Patron, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The church is excellent; and there are three dissenting chapels, a Benedictine nunnery and chapel, a police station, an endowed school with £70 a year, and other charities with £112. J. Constable, the painter, born in 1776, was a native.
(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: | East Bergholt Ch/CP Samford RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place names: | BERGHOLT | BERGHOLT EAST | EAST BERGHOLT |
| Place: | East Bergholt |
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