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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.
BENACRE, or Binacre, a parish in Blything district, Suffolk; on the coast, 5½ miles NNE of Wangford, and 5½ S of Carlton-Colville r. station. Its Post Town is Kessingland, under Wangford. Acres, 1,660. Real property, £3,040. Pop., 212. Houses, 48. The property is not much divided. Benacre Hall is the seat of Sir E. S. Gooch, Bart. A lake of about 100 acres, called Benacre Broad, abounding in pike and other fish, lies about ½a mile from the sea. A stone vessel, containing about 900 Roman silver coins, some of them of the Emperor Vespasian, was found at the mending of a road in 1786. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Easton-Bavents and the vicarage of North Hales, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £440. Patron, Sir E. S. Gooch, Bart. The church has a fine perpendicular font, and is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Benacre CP/AP Blything RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place names: | BENACRE | BENACRE OR BINACRE | BINACRE |
| Place: | Benacre |
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