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.
POLSTEAD, a village and a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk. The village stands on the river Boxford, 3 miles N N W of Nayland, and 4¼ S W of Hadleigh r. station; and has a post-office under Colchester, and a fair on 16 June. The parish comprises 3, 402 acres. Real property, £6, 213. Pop., 922. Houses, 222. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Tyrell, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £880.* Patron, St. John's College, Oxford. The church is chiefly early Norman, with tower and spire; was repaired in 1859; and contains two brasses. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a charityschool.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Polstead AP/CP Cosford RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Polstead |
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