Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BLAXHALL

BLAXHALL, a parish in Plomesgate district, Suffolk; on the river Alde, 2 miles NE of Wickham-Market Junction r. station, and 5 SSW of Saxmundham. It has a post office under Wickham-Market. Acres, 1,975. Real property, £2,746. Pop., 589. Houses, 122. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £498.* Patron, the Rev. A. N. Bates. The church was restored in 1863. There are a free school, and charities £18.


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

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