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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.
BAWDSEY, a village and a parish in Woodbridge district, Suffolk. The village stands near the mouth of the Deben river, 9 miles SSE of Woodbridge r. station; has a post office under Woodbridge; and was once a market-town. The parish comprises 1,744 acres of land, and 325 of water. Real property, £3,099. Pop., 426. Houses, 101. The coast is defended by Martello towers. Bawdsey Haven. in the mouth of the Deben, gives shelter to small craft. Bawdsey Hall is on the coast. Bawdsey Sand is a shoal, about 5 miles distant, 4 miles long, and ¾ of a mile broad, with 10 feet and upwards of water. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £193.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a small, neat, recent structure; and was preceded by a fine early Saxon edifice, the reduced tower of which, now 60 feet high, still stands. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and national schools.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bawdsey CP/AP Woodbridge RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Bawdsey |
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