Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DRINKSTONE

DRINKSTONE, a parish in Stow district, Suffolk; 2¾ miles SSW of Elmswell r. station, and 6 WNW of Stow-market. Post town, Woolpit, under Bury-St. Edmunds. Acres, 2, 172. Real property, £3, 920. Pop., 496. Houses, 113. Drinkstone House is the seat of the Lee family. Part of the land is common. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £669.* Patron, the Rev. W. Horne. The church is ancient, and has a tower. Charities, £110.


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

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