A vision of Britain through time
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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.
RUMBURGH, a parish, with a village, in Blything district, Suffolk; 4¼ miles N W by N of Halesworth r.station. It has a post-office under Halesworth. Acres, 1, 468. Real property, £2, 691. Pop., 405. Houses, 95. The property is divided among a few. A Benedictinepriory, a cell to Holme abbey, was founded here in 1065by Stephen, Earl of Bretagne; was given, at the dissolution, to Cardinal wolsey; and has left some remainsat a farm-house. The living is a p. curacy, united with the vicarage of South Elmham, St. Michael, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £145. Patron, G. Durrant, Esq. The church is a curious old white edifice, with ashort tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a slightlyendowed school, and town-lands £68.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Rumburgh AP/CP Blything RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Rumburgh |
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