Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FALKENHAM

FALKENHAM, a parish in Woodbridge district, Suffolk; on the W side of the estuary of the Deben, 6½ miles SSE of Bealings r. station, and 8 S of Woodbridge. Post town, Kirton, under Ipswich. Acres, 1, 958; of which 200 are water. Real property, £2, 791. Pop., 270. Houses, 59. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value £291.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a brick building. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £25.


(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: Falkenham AP/CP       Woodbridge RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Falkenham

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