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HAUGHLEY, a village and a parish in Stow district, Suffolk. The village stands near the junction of the Eastern Union railway with the branch to Bury St. Edmunds, 3 miles NNW of Stowmarket; was anciently known as Hagenet; was once a market town; and has now a station at the railway junction, a post office under Stowmarket, and a fair on 25 Aug. The parish is cut into the divisions of Haugliley-Green, Old-Street, NewStreet, and Tothill. Acres, 2, 518. Real property, £5, 460. Pop., 987. Houses, 220. The property is much subdivided. Te manor, with an ancient castle, belonged to the Uffords, the De la Poles, and the Brandons, Earls and Dukes of Suffolk; passed to the Sulyards; and, with Haughley Park, belongs now to the Rev. W. H. Crawford. The castle was dismantled, in 1173, by Robert, Earl of Leicester; and ruins of it, incinding keep and walls, still exist. Tothill Honse and Plashwood are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £158.* Patrons, Trustees. The church is ancient; has a square embattled tower; and was recently restored. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and an endowment for four Westminster scholars, and for apprenticing.
(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: | Haughley AP/CP Suffolk AncC |
Place names: | HAGENET | HAUGHLEY |
Place: | Haughley |
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