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SOHAM-EARL, or East S., a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Plomesgate district, Suffolk. The village stands 3½ miles W of Framlingham r. station; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Wickham-Market, and a fair on 23 July. The parish comprises 1,944 acres. Real property, £4,456. Pop., 745. Houses, 101. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £607.* Patron, Wadham College, Oxford. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, a free school, and charities £91. -The sub-district contains seven parishes. Acres, 9,722. Pop., 2,629. Houses, 381.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Plomesgate RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
Place names: | SOHAM EARL | SOHAM EARL OR EAST |
Place: | Earl Soham |
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