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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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EXNING, or Ixning, a village and a parish in the district of Newmarket and county of Suffolk. The village stands in an isolated tract of the county, near Icknield-street and near the Newmarket railway, 2 miles NW of Newmarket; and has a post office under Newmarket. The parish contains also the Newmarket workhouse. Acres, 5, 710. Real property, £10, 824. Pop., 1, 348. Houses, 234. The property is divided among a few. The family of Shepherd had formerly a seat here; and St. Etheldred, the founder of Ely abbey, was a native. Exning Lodge is the seat of the Martins. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Landwade, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £465.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The church has a tower; contains remains of brasses and old armorial bearings; and is good. There is a Wesleyan chapel. Shepherd's charity for the poor has £84; church lands yield £66; and other charities have £10.
(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: | Exning CP/AP Suffolk AncC |
| Place names: | EXNING | EXNING OR IXNING | IXNING |
| Place: | Exning |
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