Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ALNESBOURNE PRIORY

ALNESBOURNE PRIORY, a depopulated hamlet in Nacton parish, Suffolk; near the river Orwell, 4¼ miles SE of Ipswich. A small Augustinian priory anciently stood here; and was annexed, in the 13th century, to the monastery of Woodbridge.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a depopulated hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Nacton AP/CP       Suffolk AncC
Place: Alnesbourn Priory

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