Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOO

HOO, a parish in Plomesgate district, Suffolk; on the river Deben, 3¾ miles WSW of Parham r. station, and 4 NW of Wickham-Market. Post town, Brandeston, under Wickham-Market. Acres, 1, 185. Real property, £1, 817. Pop., 182. Houses, 25. The manor belongs to the Duke of Hamilton. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Letheringham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £110 * Patrons, Trustees. There is a national school.


(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: Hoo CP/AP       Plomesgate RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Hoo

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