Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRANDESTON

BRANDESTON, a parish in Plomesgate district, Suffolk; on the river Deben, 3½ miles SW of Framlingham r. station, and 5 NW by N of Wickham-Market. It has a post office under Wickham-Market. Acres, 1,224. Real property, £2,690. Pop., 469. Houses, 67. The property is divided among a few. Brandeston Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of Norwich. Value, £100.* Patron,Austin, Esq. The church is good. There is an Independent chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Brandeston AP/CP       Plomesgate RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Brandeston

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