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.
HAVENINGHAM, or HEVENINGHAM, a village and parish in Blything district, Suffolk. The village stands on the river Blything, 5½ miles NW by W of Darsham r. station, and 7½ NNW of Saxmundham; and has a postoffice under Saxmundham. The parish comprises 1, 659 acres. Real property, £2, 811. Pop., 354. Houses, 77. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Haveningham Hall, belongs to Lord Huntingfield. Haveningham Hall was built, in 1777, for Sir Gerard Vanneck, after designs by Sir R. Taylor; has a front 200 feet long, adorned with Corinthian columns; contains a fine collection of pictures; and stands in an extensive and wellwooded park, with a very fine avenue. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £550.* Patron, the Crown. The church is ancient but good; has a nave with later English timber roof, a chancel of early decorated date, and a W later English tower; and contains an oak tomb of Sir J. Haveningham of 1452, and an octagonal font with a panelled bowl. Charities, £108. Anthony Bec, Bishop of Norwich, was poisoned here, in 1343, by his servant.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Administrative units: | Blything RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place names: | HAVENINGHAM | HAVENINGHAM OR HEVENINGHAM | HEVENINGHAM |
| Place: | Heveningham |
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