A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WESTLETON, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Blything district, Suffolk The village stands 2 miles ESE of Darsham r. station, and 5½ NE of Saxmundham; and has a post-office under Saxmundham. Acres, 6,103. Real property, £6,215. Pop., 940. Houses, 212. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £325. Patron, the Rev. E. Hollond. The church is later English. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, a national school, and charities £15.—The sub-district contains 15 parishes. Acres, 37,494. Pop., 10,074. Houses, 2,182.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Westleton AP/CP Westleton SubD Blything RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Westleton |
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