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HARTEST, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Sudbury district, Suffolk. The village stands 7½ miles NE of Clare r. station, and 9 NNW of Sudbury; and has a post office under Bury-ST. Edmunds. The parish comprises 1, 964 acres. Real property, £3, 530. Pop., 744. Houses, 164. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Boxted, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £652. * Patron, the Crown. The church is ancient and tolerable, with a tower. A school has £41 from endowment; and other charities have £10.The sub-district contains also eight other parishes. Acres, 18, 310. Pop., 6, 428. Houses, 1, 405.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Hartest AP/CP Sudbury RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
Place: | Hartest |
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