Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CAPEL-ST. MARY

CAPEL-ST. MARY, a parish and a subdistrict in Samford district, Suffolk. The parish lies on the Hadleigh railway, 5 miles SE of Hadleigh; and has a station on the railway and a post office under Ipswich, both of the name of Capel. Acres, 1,910. Real property, £3,723. Pop., 669. Houses, 145. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Little Wenham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £682.* Patron, the Rev. J. Tweed. The church is good.-The subdistrict contains fifteen parishes. Acres, 22,565. Pop., 6,592. Houses, 1,486.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish and a subdistrict"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Capel St Mary Parish       Capel St Mary Registration Sub-District       Samford Poor Law Union/Registration District       Suffolk Ancient County
Place: Capel St Mary

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