Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for REDE, or Reed

REDE, or Reed, a village and a parish in Thingoe district, Suffolk. The village stands 7 miles S S W of Bury, St. Edmunds r. station, and has a post-office under Bury, St. Edmunds. The parish comprises 1, 224 acres. Real property, £1, 659. Pop., 245. Houses, 52. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Bristol. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £288.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was restored in 1860. There are an endowed school with £20 a year, and charities £5.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Rede AP/CP       Thingoe RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place names: REDE     |     REDE OR REED     |     REED
Place: Rede

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