Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RUSHMERE

RUSHMERE, a parish in Mutford district, Suffolk; 2½ miles S S W of Carlton-Colville r. station, and 5 S W of Lowestoft. Post-town, Wangford. Acres, 759. Real property, £1, 602. Pop., 121. Houses, 29. The property is divided among a few. There are sand pits. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £212.* Patrons, Lord Boston and F. W. Irby, Esq. The church is old but good. There is a parochial school.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Rushmere CP/AP       Mutford and Lothingland RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Rushmere

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