Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BREDFIELD

BREDFIELD, a parish in Woodbridge district, Suffolk; near the East Suffolk railway, 3 miles N of Woodbridge. It has a post office under Woodbridge. Acres, 1,067. Real property, £2,380. Pop., 454. Houses, 99. The property is subdivided. Bredfield Hall is the chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £275.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old but good. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £8.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bredfield Parish       Woodbridge Poor Law Union/Registration District       Suffolk Ancient County
Place: Bredfield

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