Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WALPOLE

WALPOLE, a parish, with a village, in Blything district, Suffolk; 2½ miles SW of Halesworth r. station. Post town, Halesworth. Acres, 1,750. Real property, £2,943. Pop., 540. Houses, 115. The manor belongs to Lord Huntingfield. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £90. Patron, the Church Patronage Society. The church is good. There are an endowed Independent chapel, an endowed school, and charities £11. Fairs are held on Whit-Wednesday and Michaelmas day.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Walpole AP/CP       Blything RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Walpole

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