A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
STOW, a district and a hundred in Suffolk. The district lies around Stowmarket; contains 33 parishes; and is cut into the sub-districts of Stowmarket, Rattlesden, and Walsham-le-Willows. Acres, 55,342. Poor rates in 1863, £10,624. Pop. in 1851, 21,110; in 1861, 20,908. Houses, 4,471. Marriages in 1863, 138; births, 676,-of which 56 were illegitimate; deaths, 488,-of which 185 were at ages under 5 years, and 13 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 1,395; births, 6,762; deaths, 4,010. The places of worship, in 1851, were 35 of the Church of England, with 8,947 sittings; 8 of Independents, with 3,508 s.; 12 of Baptists, with 2,360 s.; 8 of Wesleyans, with 916 s.; 10 of Primitive Methodists, with 703 s.; 1 of Brethren, with 300 s.: and 4 undefined, with 500 s. The schools were 25 public day-schools, with 1,669 scholars; 59 private day-schools, with 1,161 s.; and 46 Sunday schools, with 2,989 s. - The hundred contains only 13 parishes. Acres, 21,965. Pop. in 1851, 9,740; in 1861, 9,817. Houses, 2,088.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a district and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Stow RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Stow |
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