Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FARNHAM

FARNHAM, a parish in Plomesgate district, Suffolk; near the river Alde and the East Suffolk railway, 2½ miles SW of Saxmundham. It has a post office under Wickham Market. Acres, 1, 177. Real property, £1, 521. Pop., 184. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £78.* Patron, W. Long, Esq. The church is Norman, with a flint tower, and very good.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Farnham Parish       Plomesgate Poor Law Union/Registration District       Suffolk Ancient County
Place: Farnham

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