Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STRATFORD-ST. MARY

STRATFORD-ST. MARY, a parish, with a village, in Samford district, Suffolk; on the river Stour, at or near the Roman Ad Ansam, 3½ miles WNW of Manningtree r. station. It has a post-office under Colchester, a police station, and a fair on 22 June; and is a meet for the Essex and Suffolk hounds. Acres, 1,461. Real property, £3,951. Pop., 655. Houses, 149. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £296. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The. church is later English. There are a parochial library, a national school, and charities £27.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stratford St Mary AP/CP       Samford RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Stratford St Mary

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