Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FOXEARTH

FOXEARTH, a parish in the district of Sudbury and county of Essex; near the river Stour, at the boundary with Suffolk, 3½ miles NW by N of Sudbury r. station. It has a post office under Sudbury. Acres, 1, 640. Real property, £3, 161. Pop., 400. Houses, 101. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £396.* Patron, the Rev. J. Foster. The church is old but very good; and has an embattled tower.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Foxearth CP/AP       Essex AncC
Place: Foxearth

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