A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
FINBOROUGH (Great), a parish in Stow district, Suffolk; on the river Orwell, 3 miles WSW of Stow-market r. station. Post town, Buxhall, under Stow-market. Acres, 1, 631. Real property, £1, 558. Pop., 419. Houses, 98. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Wollastons, and passed to the Pettiwards. Finborough Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £130. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is ancient but good, and contains monuments of the Wollastons. There are an Independent chapel, and charities £53. Wollaston, the writer of the "Religion of Nature, " was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Great Finborough AP/CP Stow RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place names: | FINBOROUGH | FINBOROUGH GREAT | GREAT FINBOROUGH |
| Place: | Great Finborough |
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