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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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LAXFIELD, a village and a parish in Hoxne district, Suffolk. The village stands near the river Blythe, 6¼ miles N of Framlingham r. station; was once a markettown; and has a post office under Wickham-Market, and fairs on 12 May and 25 October.—The parish comprises 3, 630 acres. Real property, £7, 113. Pop., 1, 031. Houses, 237. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to John Crabtree, Esq.; and much of the land, to Sir E.Kerrison, Bart. Some of the property belonged, in old times, to Leiston abbey and Eye priory. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £220 * Patron, the Rev. E. Hollond. The church is good and handsome; has a lofty nave and a pinnacled tower; and contains a very large ancient font. There are a Baptist chapel, an endowed school with £184 a year, a national school endowed with £20 a year, and charities about £130.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Laxfield AP/CP Hoxne RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Laxfield |
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