Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DALHAM

DALHAM, a parish in the district of Newmarket and county of Suffolk; on the Cambridge and Bury railway, near Kennet r. station, 5¼ miles E by S of Newmarket. It contains the hamlet of Dunstall-Green; and its post town is Moulton, under Newmarket. Acres, inclusive of Southwell Park, 1,840. Real property, £3, 111. Pop., 539. Houses, 122. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Stutvilles. Dalham Hall was built, in 1705, by Bishop Patrick; and is now the seat of the Rev. Sir R. Affleck-, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £419.* Patron, the Rev. Sir R. Affleck, Bart. The church is very good.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Dalham CP/AP       Suffolk AncC
Place: Dalham

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