A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BARSHAM, a parish in Wangford district, Suffolk near the river Waveney, 2 miles W by S of Beccles r station. Post Town, Beccles. Acres, 1,871. Real property, £2,976. Pop., 239. Houses, 49. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich Value, £531. Patron, Mrs. Anna M. Suckling. The church has a remarkable east front of 1617-37, and a round west tower; and contains a round decorated font, a brass of 1380, and a brick altar-tom of 1599. Echard, the ecclesiastical historian and early gazetteer writer, who died in 1730, and Catherine, the mother of Lord Nelson, were natives.
(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: | Barsham AP/CP Wangford RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Barsham |
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