Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WILBY

WILBY, a parish, with a small village, in Hoxne district, Suffolk; 6 miles ESE of Eye r. station. Post town, Stradbroke, under Wickham-Market. Acres, 1,844. Real property, £3,383. Pop., 560. Houses, 126. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £646.* Patron, the Rev. G. Mingaye. The church is Norman and good. Charities, £77.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a small village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wilby CP/AP       Hoxne RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Wilby

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