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POSLINGFORD, a parish, with a village, in Risbridge district, Suffolk; 2 miles N of Clare, and 6½ E by N of Haverhill r. station. Post-town, Clare, under Sudbury. Acres, 2, 438. Real property, £3,052. Pop., 350. Houses, 79. The manor belongs to S. Ware, Esq. Remains of Chipley abbey are here, and have been converted into a farm-house. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £100.* Patron, T. H. Elwes, Esq. The church was restored in 1852. Charities, £20.
(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: | Poslingford Parish Risbridge Poor Law Union/Registration District Suffolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Poslingford |
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