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WALPOLE, a parish, with a village, in Blything district, Suffolk; 2½ miles SW of Halesworth r. station. Post town, Halesworth. Acres, 1,750. Real property, £2,943. Pop., 540. Houses, 115. The manor belongs to Lord Huntingfield. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £90. Patron, the Church Patronage Society. The church is good. There are an endowed Independent chapel, an endowed school, and charities £11. Fairs are held on Whit-Wednesday and Michaelmas day.
(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: | Walpole Parish Blything Poor Law Union/Registration District Suffolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Walpole |
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