Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STANSTEAD

STANSTEAD, a parish, with a village, in Sudbury district, Suffolk; 57hr. miles NN W of Sudbury r. station. Post town, Sudbury. Acres, 1,162. Real property, £1,983. Pop., 382. Houses, 83. The manor belongs to E. S. Bence, Esq. Spring Hall is the seat of Capt. Tyssen. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £277.* Patron, the Rev. S. Sheen. The church is old. Charities, £18.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stanstead CP/AP       Sudbury RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Stanstead

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