Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MELFORD

MELFORD, a railway station and a sub-district in Sudbury district, Suffolk. The station is on the S border of the county, on the Haverhill and Sudbury railway, adjacent to Long Melford, 3 miles NNW of Sudbury.—The sub-district contains Long Melford parish, five other parishes in Suffolk, and two electorally in Essex. Acres, 16,799. Pop., 5,574. Houses, 1,220.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a railway station and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Sudbury RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Long Melford

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