Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STOKE-ASH

STOKE-ASH, a parish, with a village, in Hartismere district, Suffolk; 3 miles ENE of Finningham r. station, and 3 SW of Eye. Post town, Stonham. Acres, 1,200. Real property, £2,350. Pop., 371. Houses, 68. S. manor, with S. Hall, belongs to Lord Henniker; and Woodhall manor belongs to the Rev. G. T. Turner. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £363.* Patron, the Rev. H. E. Bull. The church is Norman. There are a Baptist chapel and a parochial 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: Stoke Ash Parish       Hartismere Poor Law Union/Registration District       Suffolk Ancient County
Place: Stoke Ash

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