Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Long Melford

Long Melford, small town and par. with ry. sta., Suffolk, 3 miles NW. of Sudbury, 5185 ac., pop. 3293; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; has a large cattle fair, an iron foundry, and mfrs. of horse hair and cocoanut fibre. Melford Hall and Melford Place are ancient mansions.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Long Melford CP/AP       Suffolk AncC
Place: Long Melford

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