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CHELMONDISTON, a parish in Samford district, Suffolk; on the estuary of the river Orwell, 5¾ miles E by S of Bentley Junction r. station, and 6 SSE of Ipswich. It has a post office under Ipswich. Acres, 1, 627; of which 340 are water. Real property, £2, 870. Pop., 949. Houses, 206. The property is divided among a few. Fisheries and the making of Roman cement are carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £347.* Patron, the Lord Chaucellor. The church is ancient. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, national schools, and a boarding school.
(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: | Chelmondiston Parish Samford Poor Law Union/Registration District Suffolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Chelmondiston |
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