Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WALDINGFIELD (Great)

WALDINGFIELD (Great), a parish, with a village, in Sudbury district, Suffolk; 3¾ miles NE of Sudbury r. station. It has a post-office under Sudbury. Acres, 2,423. Real property, £4,634. Pop., 622. Houses, 146. The manor belongs to R. Rodwell, Esq. Babergh Hall is occupied by J. Bourne, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £795.* Patron, Clare College, Cambridge. The church's chancel was restored in 1865. There is a national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Great Waldingfield Parish       Sudbury Poor Law Union/Registration District       Suffolk Ancient County
Place names: GREAT WALDINGFIELD     |     WALDINGFIELD     |     WALDINGFIELD GREAT
Place: Great Waldingfield

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