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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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WICKHAMBROOK, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Risbridge district, Suffolk. The village stands 6 miles N of Clare r. station; is a seat of petty sessions and a polling place; and has a post-office under Newmarket, and a good inn. The parish comprises 4,348 acres. Real property, £7,127. Pop. in 1851, 1,597; in 1861, 1,452. Houses, 324. The property is much sub-divided. W. House, Badmondisfield Hall, Aldersfield Hall, and Gesyns are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £350.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old but good. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists, a parochial school, an alms-house with £12 a year, and charities £38.—The sub-district contains 9 parishes. Acres, 18,698. Pop., 4,825. Houses, 1,065.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wickhambrook AP/CP Wickhambrook SubD Risbridge RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Wickhambrook |
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