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BRADFIELD-COMBUST, or Burnt-Bradfield, a parish in Thingoe district, Suffolk; 5½ miles SSW of Thurston r. station, and 5½ SSE of Bury-St. Edmunds. Post Town, Bury-St. Edmunds. Acres, 818. Real property, £1,424. Pop., 173. Houses, 38. The property is subdivided. Bradfield Hall was the seat of Arthur Young, the writer on agriculture. An edifice belonging to Bury Abbey, stood in the parish, and was burned in 1327. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £180.* Patron, the Rev. H. Hasted. The church was restored in 1869.
(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: | Bradfield Combust CP/AP Thingoe RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
Place names: | BRADFIELD COMBUST | BRADFIELD COMBUST OR BURNT BRADFIELD | BURNT BRADFIELD |
Place: | Bradfield Combust |
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