A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Stowmarket.-- market town, par., and township with ry. sta., Suffolk, on river Gipping, 12½ miles NW. of Ipswich - par., 2177 ac., pop. 4106; town and township, pop. 4052; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Thursday. Stowmarket was formerly the county town. It has a county court-house, a corn exchange, an iron foundry, a brewery, and mfrs. of gun-cotton, carriages, bricks, and clay pipes. A large transit traffic in corn, malt, coal, and timber is carried on, principally by means of the Gipping.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town, parish and township, with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Stowmarket AP/CP Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Stowmarket |
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