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.
WOOLPIT, a parish, with a village, in Stow district, Suffolk; 1¼ mile SW of Elmswell r. station, and 5½ NW by W of Stowmarket. It has a post-office‡ under Bury-St. Edmunds, and a large fair on 16 Sept. and following days. Acres, 1,877. Real property, £3,947. Pop., 1,008. Houses, 226. The property is subdivided. Bricks and tiles are made. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £450.* Patron, Mrs. Page. The church is good; and its tower and spire were destroyed by lightning in 1852, and rebuilt at a cost of £2,000. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, a national school, and charities £68.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Woolpit AP/CP Stow RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Woolpit |
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