Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LAMARSH

LAMARSH, a parish, with a village, in the district of Sudbury and county of Essex; adjacent to the river Stour at the boundary with Suffolk, 2½ miles NW of Bures r. station, and 4 SSE of Sudbury. Post-town, Bures, under Colchester. Acres, 1,245. Real property, £2,447. Pop., 329. Houses, 75. The property is subdivided. Lamarsh Lodge is the seat of W. J. Parmenter, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £379.* Patron, C. Teesdale, Esq., and another. The church has a round tower, and is tolerable.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lamarsh AP/CP       Sudbury RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place: Lamarsh

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