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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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RUSHBROOKE, a parish in Thingoe district, Suffolk; on the river Lark, 3¼ miles S E of Bury, St. Edmunds r.station. Post-town, Bury, St. Edmunds. Acres, 1,060. Real property, £1, 860. Pop., 185. Houses, 37. The manor belonged to Bury abbey; passed to the Jermyns; and, with R. Hall, belongs now to Major R. F. B. Rushbrooke. The Hall is a splendid moated mansion; formsthree sides of a quadrangle; is partly of the time of King John, partly of that of Elizabeth; contains a drawing-room in which Elizabeth held courts in 1578; includesan old chapel, now used as a billiard-room; and stands in an extensive and well-wooded park. The parish is a meet for the Suffolk hounds. The living is a rectory, annexed to Brad field, in the diocese of Ely. The churchhas a richly decorated nave, a S aisle, a chancel, and a tower; and contains monuments of the Jermyns and the Rushbrookes. There are alms-houses with £32 a year, and some other charities.
(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: | Rushbrooke AP/CP Thingoe RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Rushbrooke |
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