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CLAYDON, a parish in Bosmere district, Suffolk; on the river Gipping and the Eastern Union railway, 5 miles NNW of Ipswich. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Ipswich. Acres, 950. Real property, £2, 454. Pop., 501. Houses, 122. The working of lime and chalk is extensively carried on. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Akenham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £549.* Patron, Miss E. Drury. The church is ancient, partly early Norman; and was restored in 1860. There is an Independent chapel. See Bosmere.
(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: | Claydon Parish Bosmere and Claydon Poor Law Union/Registration District Suffolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Claydon |
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