Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STOWLANGTOFT

STOWLANGTOFT, a parish in Stow district, Suffolk; 2½ miles SE of Ixworth, and 3¼ NE of Thurston r. station. Post town, Ixworth, under Bury-St.-Edmunds. Acres, 1,471. Real property, £2,029. Pop., 204. Houses, 39. S. Hall was once the seat of the antiquary Sir S. D'Ewes, and of the Rawlinsons; and is now the seat of H. Wilson, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £307.* Patron, H. Wilson, Esq. The church is of the 14th century, and good. There is a free school.


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

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