Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HARGRAVE

HARGRAVE, a parish in Thingoe district, Suffolk; 4 miles SSW of Saxham r. station, and 6 SW by W of Bury St. Edmunds. Post-town, Great Saxham, under Bury St. Edmunds. Acres, 1,1 08. Real property, £1,750. Pop., 520. Houses, 98. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged to Bury abbey; passed to the Kitsons and the Gages; and belongs now to the Marquis of Bristol. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value. £188. * Patron, the Rev. John White. The church is ancient, and was repaired and enlarged in 1869. Charities, £22.


(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: Hargrave AP/CP       Thingoe RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Hargrave

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