Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CREETING-ST. OLAVE

CREETING-ST. OLAVE, a parish in Bosmere district, Suffolk; on an affluent of the river Gipping, 2¼ miles NNE of Needham-Market. Post town, Needham-Market. Real property, £626. Pop., 41. Houses, 7. An alien priory, a cell to Gresteen abbey, stood here at Gratings, and was given to Eton college. See Creeting-All Saints.


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

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