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.
WANGFORD, a parish, with W. village and Henham hamlet, in Blything district, Suffolk; 5 miles E by N of Halesworth. It has a head post-office.‡ Acres, 2,603. Real property, £4,372. Pop., 862. Houses, 185. The property is divided among a few. A Cluniac priory, a cell to Thetford, was founded here before 1160, by Doudo Asini. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £79. Patron, the Earl of Stradbroke. The church was restored in 1865. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £5.
(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: | Wangford AP/CP Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Wangford |
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