Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for AKENHAM

AKENHAM, a parish in Bosmere district, Suffolk; near Gipping river, 2 miles E of Claydon r. station, and 4 N by W of Ipswich. Post Town, Claydon under Ipswich. Acres, 998. Real property, £1,630. Pop., 94. Houses, 22. The living is a rectory, annexed to Claydon, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is old but good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Akenham AP/CP       Bosmere and Claydon RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Akenham

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