Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STOW (West)

STOW (West), a parish in Thingoe district, Suffolk; on the river Lark, 4 miles NW of Bury-St. Edmunds r. station. Post town, Bury-St. Edmunds. Acres, with Chimney-Mills, 2,926. Real property, £1,192. Pop., 238. Houses, 46. The manor belongs to the Rev. E. R. Benyon. The living is a rectory, united with Wordwell, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £302.* Patron, the Rev. E. R. Benyon. The church is good. Charities, £5.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: West Stow CP/AP       Thingoe RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place names: STOW     |     STOW WEST     |     WEST STOW
Place: West Stow

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