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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WALBERSWICK, a parish, with an ancient village, in Blything district, Suffolk; on the coast, 6¾ miles ESE of Halesworth r. station. Post town, Southwold, under Wangford. Acres, 1,960. Real property, £1,746. Pop., 315. Houses, 80. The village was a fishing-town till the Reformation; had 13 barks and 22 fishing-boats in 1451; and was burnt in 1583, 1633, and 1683. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £60.* Patron, Sir J. R. Blois, Bart. The church is of the 15th century, was originally 124 feet long, and is now but a portion of the old fabric. There are Independent and Primitive Methodist chapels.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with an ancient village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Walberswick CP/Ch Blything RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Walberswick |
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