Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RICKINGHALL-INFERIOR

RICKINGHALL-INFERIOR, a parish, with a village, in Stow district, Suffolk; 1 mile S S W of Botesdale, and 4¼ W by N of Mellis r. station. Post-town, Botesdale, under Scole. Acres, 1, 510. Real property, £3, 434. Pop., 437. Houses, 98. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to G. H. Wilson, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £579.* Patron, G. H. Wilson, Esq. The church is early decorated English, and has a round tower. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, a national school, and charities £33.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Rickinghall Inferior AP/CP       Stow RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Rickinghall Inferior

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