A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
PAKENHAM, a village and a parish in Thingoe district, Suffolk. The village stands 1½ mile N of Thurston r. station, and 5 E N E of Bury, St. Edmunds; and has a post-office under Bury, St. Edmunds. The parish comprises 3, 696 acres. Real property, £6, 307. Pop., 1, 130. Houses, 239. The manor belonged, in the time of Edward I., to the Pakenhams; and passed to the Springs and the Ashfields. New House is the seat of the Rev. W. J. S. Casborne; and the Lodge, of T. Thornhill, Esq. A Roman pavement was found at Redcastle farm. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £281.* Patron, the rev.W. Jones There are a national school, and charities £110.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Pakenham AP/CP Thingoe RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Pakenham |
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