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Place name County Entry Source ALPHETON Suffolk Lavenham under Sudbury. Acres, 1,202. Real property, £1,844. Pop., 298. Houses, 69. The property is not much Imperial BRENT-ELEIGH, or Brent-Ely Suffolk Lavenham, under Sudbury. Acres, 1,617. Real property, £2,519. Pop., 228. Houses, 60. The property is divided among Imperial BRET, or Breton (The) Suffolk Combust; and runs 17 miles south-southeastward, past Lavenham and Hadleigh, to the Stour, 3¾ miles E of Nayland. Imperial BURY-ST. EDMUNDS Suffolk Lavenham, Sudbury, and the adjacent country. The Duke of Northumberland, on proclaiming Lady Jane Grey to be successor of Edward Imperial Chadacre Hall Suffolk Chadacre Hall , 4 m. NW. of Lavenham, W. Suffolk. Bartholomew COSFORD Suffolk Lavenham, containing the parishes of Lavenham, Brent-Eleigh, Monks-Eleigh, Milden, Chelsworth, Nedging., Cockfield, Thorpe-Morieux, Brettenham, Wattisham, Hitcham, Bildeston Imperial ELY Cambridgeshire Lavenham, Lawsall-All Saints, Layham, Long Melford, Milden, Naughton, Nedging, Newton-by-Sudbury, Polstead, Preston, Semere, Shimplingthorne, Somerton, Stanstead, Thorpe Imperial Hartest Suffolk Hartest , par. and vil., W. Suffolk, 6 miles NW. of Lavenham, 1964 ac., pop. 616; P.O. Bartholomew LANHAM Suffolk LANHAM . See LAVENHAM. Imperial Lavenham Suffolk Lavenham , par. and vil. with ry. sta., Suffolk, in valley of river Brett, 5 m. NE. of Melford sta. and 10 m. SE. of Bury Bartholomew LAVENHAM Suffolk LAVENHAM , a small town, a parish, and a sub-district, in Cosford district, Suffolk. The town stands in the valley Imperial LAWSHALL Suffolk Lavenham r. station, and 6½ S by E of Bury-ST. Edmunds. It has two post offices, under Bury Imperial MILDEN Suffolk Lavenham r. station, and 5½ NW of Hadleigh. Post town, Monks-Eleigh, under Ipswich. Acres, 1,339. Real property Imperial Preston Suffolk Preston , par. and vil., Suffolk, on river Brett, 2 miles W. of Lavenham, 1931 ac., pop. 300. Bartholomew PRESTON Suffolk Lavenham r.station. Post-town, Bildeston, under Ipswich. Acres, 1, 931. Real property, £2, 880. Pop., 348. Houses, 73. The property Imperial Shimpling (or Shimplingthorne) Suffolk Shimpling (or Shimplingthorne ), par. and vil., Suffolk - par., 2698 ac., pop. 491; vil., 4 miles NW. of Lavenham; P.O. Bartholomew SHIMPLING, or Shimplingthorne Suffolk Lavenham r. station. It has a post-office under Bury-St. Edmunds. Acres, 2,698. Real property, £3,640. Pop., 500. Houses Imperial Thorpe Morieux Suffolk par.and vil., Suffolk, 3 miles NE. of Lavenham and 9 miles SE. of Bury St Edmunds, 2457 ac., pop. 416; P.O. Bartholomew THORPE-MORIEUX Suffolk Lavenham r. station. Post town, Bildestone, under Ipswich. Acres, 2,457. Real property, £3,570. Pop., 447. Houses, 98. The manor Imperial WELNETHAM Suffolk WELNETHAM , a r. station in Suffolk; on the Bury and Lavenham railway, 3¾ miles SSE of Bury-St-Edmunds. Imperial
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