Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BURGATE

BURGATE, a parish in Hartismere district, Suffolk; 1½ mile NE of Mellis r. station, and 4½ WNW of Eye. Post Town, Mellis, under Scole. Acres, 2,076. Real property, £2,948. Pop., 359. Houses, 69. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £560.* Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church has a double-canopied brass of 1409; and is in fair condition.


(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: Burgate Parish       Hartismere Poor Law Union/Registration District       Suffolk Ancient County
Place: Burgate

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