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Melford, Long, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Suffolk, 3 miles N. of Sudbury and 15 miles S. of Bury St Edmunds by rail, 5185 ac., pop. 3293; P.O., T.O.; was once a market town, which belonged to Bury Abbey; Melford Hall and Melford Place are seats.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "parish and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Long Melford CP/AP Suffolk AncC |
Place names: | LONG MELFORD | MELFORD | MELFORD LONG |
Place: | Long Melford |
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