Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BARHAM

BARHAM, a parish in Bosmere district, Suffolk; on the river Gipping, 1½ mile NE of Claydon r. station, and 5 N of Ipswich. Post Town, Claydon, under Ipswich. Acres, 1,806. Real property, £3,281. Pop., 568. Houses, 90. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £342.* Patron, F. W. Schreiber, Esq. The church is good. The workhouse for Bosmere district is here.


(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: Barham AP/CP       Bosmere and Claydon RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Barham

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