Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ERISWELL

ERISWELL, a parish in Mildenhall district, Suffolk; 2½ miles NNE of Mildenhall, and 6 S of Lakenheath r. station. Post town, Mildenhall, under Soham. Acres, 6, 620. Real property, £3, 401. op., 473. Houses, 100. The manor belonged to Ralph de Rowcester and Robert de Tudenham. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £519.* Patron, T. B. Evans. The church had a chantry, and is tolerable. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, an endowed school with £30 a year, and charities £12.


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

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

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