Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GRUNDISBURGH

GRUNDISBURGH, a village and a parish in Woodbridge district, Suffolk. The village stands 3 miles NW by W of Woodbridge town and r. station; and has a postoffice under Woodbridge. The parish comprises 1,897 acres. Real property, £4, 605. Pop., 836. house, 201. The property is much subdivided. Grundisburgh Hall is a chief residence. There are extensive sand pIts. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £540. * Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church was built about the middle of the 13th century, and repaired in 1841; and has a fine steeple. A town estate yields £35; and other charities £16.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Grundisburgh Parish       Woodbridge Poor Law Union/Registration District       Suffolk Ancient County
Place: Grundisburgh

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