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WHERSTEAD, a parish, with a village, in Samford district, Suffolk; on the river Orwell, 2½ miles S of Ipswich r. station. It has a post-office under Ipswich. Acres, 2,154; of which 135 are water. Real property, £2,957. Pop., 245. Houses, 49. The manor, with W. Park, belongs to the Dashwoods. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £180.* Patron, the Rev. B. A. Blake. The church was recently restored. There is a free school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wherstead Parish Samford Poor Law Union/Registration District Suffolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Wherstead |
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