Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MILDEN

MILDEN, a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk: on the river Brett, 4 miles SE of Lavenham r. station, and 5½ NW of Hadleigh. Post town, Monks-Eleigh, under Ipswich. Acres, 1,339. Real property, £1,985. Pop., 159. Houses, 36. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £340.* Patron, J. Gurdon, Esq. The church is Norman; was recently restored; has a new bell-turret; and contains an ancient monument to J. Allington. Charities, £10.


(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: Milden CP/AP       Cosford RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Milden

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