Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CREETING-ST. MARY

CREETING-ST. MARY, a parish in Bosmere district, Suffolk; on an affluent of the river Gipping, near the Eastern Union railway, 1½ mile NE of Needham-Market. Post town, Needham-Market. Real property, £2, 785. Pop., 202. Houses, 51. An alien priory stood here, a cell to Bernay abbey; and was given to Eton college. See preceding article.


(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: Creeting St Mary AP/CP       Bosmere and Claydon RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Creeting St Mary

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