Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BROMESWELL

BROMESWELL, a parish in Woodbridge district, Suffolk; on the river Deben, adjacent to the East Suffolk railway, near Melton station, 2½ miles NE of Woodbridge. Post Town, Melton, under Woodbridge. Acres, 1,803. Real property, £1,654. Pop., 210. Houses, 52. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £150.* Patron, the Marquis of Bristol. The church is good. There are a free school, and charities £5.


(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: Bromeswell AP/CP       Woodbridge RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Bromeswell

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