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SOMERTON, a parish in Sudbury district, Suffolk; 8 miles NNW of Sudbury r. station. Post town, Bury-St. Edmunds. Acres, 1,040. Real property, £1,600. Pop., 153. Houses, 29. S. Hall is the seat of J. E. Hale, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £207.* Patron, the Marquis of Downshire. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Somerton Parish Sudbury Poor Law Union/Registration District Suffolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Somerton |
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