Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WISTON

WISTON, a parish in Sudbury district, Suffolk; on the river Stour, 1½ mile WSW of Nayland , and 3 E of Bures r. station. Post town, Nayland , under Colchester. Acres, 1,485. Real property, £2,882. Pop., 254. houses, 51. The manor belongs to Mrs. Beachcroft. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £360.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is Norman.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wissington CP/AP       Sudbury RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Wissington

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