Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HORHAM

HORHAM, a village and a parish in Hoxne district, Suffolk. The village stands 4½ miles ESE of Eye r. station, and 14 SW of Bungay; and has a post office under Wickham-Market. The parish comprises 1, 433 acres. Real property, £2, 987. Pop., 396. Houses, 87. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Sir E.Kerrison, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £452.* Patron, the Rev. E. H. Frere. The church is good; has an embattled tower: and contains an ancient oak pulpit, and a font with ancient oak cover. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school and charities £10.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Horham CP/AP       Hoxne RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Horham

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