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RAYDON, a village and a parish in Samford district, Suffolk. The village stands 1½ mile S of the Hadleigh railway, and 3 S E of Hadleigh; and has a r. station. The parish comprises 2, 335 acres; and its post town is Hadleigh, under Ipswich. Real property, £3, 801. Pop., 561. Houses, 128. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Mrs.Cripps. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £554.* Patron, the Rev. J. W. Tomkin. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Raydon Parish Samford Poor Law Union/Registration District Suffolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Raydon |
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