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.
Eye.-- municipal borough, market town, and par. with ry. sta., W. Suffolk, 19 miles N. of Ipswich and 94 miles NE. of London by rail, on an affluent of the river Waveney, 4100 ac., pop. 2296; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Monday. Eye was the seat of a Norman castle, and of a monastery dedicated to St Peter. Before the introduction of machinery, considerable quantities of pillow-lace were made at Eye. Eye returned 2 members to Parliament till 1832, and 1 member till 1885.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "municipal borough, market town, and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Eye AP/CP Eye Borough Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Eye |
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