A vision of Britain through time
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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.
ASSINGTON, a parish in Sudbury district, Suffolk; on an affluent of the river Stour, 3½ miles NE of Bures r. station, and 5 SE of Sudbury. It has a post office under Sudbury. Acres, 2,986. Real property, £5,020. Pop., 747. Houses, 162. The manor belonged formerly to the Corbets, and belongs now to J. Gurdon, Esq., whose seat is Assington Hall. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £390.* Patron, J. Gurdon, Esq. The church was recently restored at a cost of £3,000. There are a national school, and charities £7.
(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: | Assington AP/CP Sudbury RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Assington |
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