Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HEMLEY

HEMLEY, a parish in Woodbridge district, Suffolk; on the river Deben, 4¼ miles SSE of Bealings r. station, and 5 S of Woodbridge. Post town, Woodbridge. Acres, 816; of which 75 are water. Real property, £1, 183. Pop., 63. Houses, 13. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £200.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient and tolerable, and has an embattled tower.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hemley CP/AP       Woodbridge RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Hemley

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