Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Saxmundham

Saxmundham, market town and par. with ry. sta., Suffolk, 11 miles S. of Halesworth and 20 NE. of Ipswich by rail, 1101 ac., pop. 1318; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Wednesday. The town stands between two hills, is well built, and has an ancient church, a market hall for corn, a free school, and important trade in corn.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Saxmundham CP/AP       Suffolk AncC
Place: Saxmundham

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