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BILDESTONE, or Bilston, a village and a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk. The village stands 6 miles NNW of Hadleigh r. station, and has a post office‡ under Ipswich. It was formerly a market-town: and still has fairs on Ash-Wednesday and Holy-Thursday. The parish comprises 1,420 acres. Real property, £3,769. Pop., 788. Houses, 164. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £346.* Patron, the Rev. J. Gedge. The church is later English, and stands apart from the village. A spired tower was built in the centre of the village in 1864. There are a Baptist chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cosford Poor Law Union/Registration District Suffolk Ancient County |
| Place names: | BILDESTONE | BILDESTONE OR BILSTON | BILSTON |
| Place: | Bildeston |
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