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THURLOW (Great), a parish, with a village, in Risbridge district, Suffolk; 3¼ miles N by E of Haverhill r. station. It has a post-office under Newmarket, and a fair on 11 Oct.; and it gives name and title to the descendants of Lord Chancellor Thurlow. Acres, 2,023. Real property, £3,806. Pop., 423. Houses, 91. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £518.* Patrons, the Trustees of Lady Harland. The church is good.
(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: | Great Thurlow Parish Risbridge Poor Law Union/Registration District Suffolk Ancient County |
| Place names: | GREAT THURLOW | THURLOW | THURLOW GREAT |
| Place: | Great Thurlow |
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