In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stratford St Mary like this:
STRATFORD-ST. MARY, a parish, with a village, in Samford district, Suffolk; on the river Stour, at or near the Roman Ad Ansam, 3½ miles WNW of Manningtree r. station. It has a post-office under Colchester, a police station, and a fair on 22 June; and is a meet for the Essex and Suffolk hounds. Acres, 1,461. Real property, £3,951. Pop., 655. Houses, 149. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £296. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The. church is ...
later English. There are a parochial library, a national school, and charities £27.
Stratford St Mary through time
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