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EASTON-BAVENTS, a parish in Blything district, Suffolk; on the coast, 1½ mile NNE of Southwold, and 9 ½ E of Halesworth r. station. Post town, Southwold, under Wangford. Acres, 381. Pop., 7. House, 1. A market-town once stood here, but has been washed away By the sea. Easton Ness contests with the headland of Twestoft, being the Extensio Promontorium of the Romans. The living is a rectory annexed to Benacre.
(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: | Easton Bavents Parish Blything Poor Law Union/Registration District Suffolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Easton Bavents |
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