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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
STRADBROKE, a small town, a parish, and a sub-district, in Hoxne district, Suffolk. The town stands 5¾ miles E of Eye r. station; is a seat of petty sessions, and a polling place; and has a post-office‡ under Wickham-Market, two good inns, a police station, a church with lofty tower, a Baptist chapel, a middle-class endowed school for 50 boys, a large mixed school, Hoxne workhouse, charities £109, a weekly market on Monday, and a cattle fair on the 3d Monday of June.—The parish comprises 3,702 acres. Real property, £8,341. Pop. in 1851, 1,822; in 1861, 1,537. Houses, 304. S. manor belongs to Sir E.Kerrison, Bart., and Shelton-Hall-with-Wilby manor to T. G. Corbett, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £750.* Patron, the Bishop of N.—The sub-district contains ten parishes. Acres, 26,492. Pop., 7,692. Houses, 1,633.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small town, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Stradbroke AP/CP Stradbroke SubD Hoxne RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Stradbroke |
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