Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HALESWORTH

HALESWORTH, a town, a parish, and a sub-district, in Blything district, Suffolk. The town stands on the river Blythe, adjacent to the East Suffolk railway, 9 miles SSW of Beccles; is the seat of a county court, a seat of petty sessions, and a polling place; publishes a weekly newspaper; and has a head post office, ‡ a railway station with telegraph, three banking offices, three chief inns, a recently erected market hall, a mechanics' institute, a church, three dissenting chapels, a national school, two endowed schools with £20, and other charities with £416. The church is an ancient edifice, with a square tower; and the Independent chapel is a very spacious structure. A weekly market is held on Tuesday; and fairs for cattle are held on the Tuesday in Easter and Whitsun weeks, and on 29 and 30 Oct. The manufacture of sail cloth, yarn, and mats, the making of agricultural implements, coach building, iron founding, and the making of bricks and tiles are carried on. Pop. in 1861, 2, 382. Houses, 517. The parish comprises 1, 445 acres. Real property, £10, 800; of which £185 are in gas works. Pop. in 1851, 2, 662; in 1861, 2, 521. Houses, 551. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Chediston, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £450.* Patron, Mrs. J. Badeley.—The sub-district contains fifteen parishes Acres, 26, 292. Pop., 7, 983. Houses, 1, 727.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a town, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Halesworth AP/CP       Halesworth SubD       Blything RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Halesworth

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