Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RENDHAM

RENDHAM, a village and a parish in Plomesgate district, Suffolk. The village stands on an affluent of the river Alde, 3 miles N W by W of Saxmundham r.station; and has a post-office under Saxmundham. The parish comprises 1, 721 acres. Real property, £2, 904. Pop., 384. Houses, 89. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to J. Crabtree, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £96.* Patrons, Trustees. The church was restored in 1852; and has a fine carved oak roof, and a Norman tower. There are an endowed Independentchapel, a national school, and charities £9.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Rendham AP/CP       Plomesgate RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Rendham

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