Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WENHAM (Great)

WENHAM (Great), a parish in Samford district, Suffolk: 2 miles WSW of Capel r. station, and 4½ SE of Hadleigh. Post town, Colchester. Acres, 1,123. Real property, £1,980. Pop., 260. Houses, 58. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £285.* Patron, the Bishop of N. The church is 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: Great Wenham AP/CP       Samford RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place names: GREAT WENHAM     |     WENHAM     |     WENHAM GREAT
Place: Great Wenham

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