Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HINDERCLAY

HINDERCLAY, a parish in Stow district, Suffolk; near the boundary with Norfolk, 2 miles NW of Botesdale, and 6 WNW of Mellis r. station. Post town, Botesdale, under Scole. Acres, 1, 458. Real property, £2, 481. Pop., 388. Houses, 53. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to G. H. Wilson, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £408.* Patron, G. St. V. Wilson, Esq. The church is a plain edifice, with a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £25.


(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: Hinderclay CP/AP       Stow RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Hinderclay

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