Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WICKHAM-SKEITH

WICKHAM-SKEITH, a parish, with a village, in Hartismere district, Suffolk; 2 miles E of Finningham r. station, and 4½ SW by .S of Eye. Post town, Stonham. Acres, 1,770. Real property, £3,233. Pop., 564. Houses, 124. The property is much subdivided. W. Hall was rebuilt in 1846, and is now the parsonage. Many Saxon coins have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £130. Patron, the Rev.Garrard. The church was restored in 1858. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a parochial school, and townlands £20.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wickham Skeith AP/CP       Hartismere RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Wickham Skeith

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