Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SAXTEAD

SAXTEAD, a parish, with a village, in Hoxne district, Suffolk; on the river Alde, 2½ miles N W of Framlingham r. station. It has a post-office under Wickham-Market. Acres, 1, 202. Real property, £2, 420. Pop., 448. Houses, 100. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Framlingham, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is good.


(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: Saxstead Ch/CP       Hoxne RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Saxstead

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