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Aldham, Suffolk

Historical Description

Aldham, a parish in Suffolk, near the river Bret, 2¼ miles N of Hadleigh station on the G.E.R. Post town, Hadleigh, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 1755; population, 228. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; yearly value, £264. The church is very ancient, and has a Norman round tower. A priory cell stood at Priory Farm. Dr. Rowland Taylor was burned, in 1555, on Aldham Common, where a monument has been erected as a memorial.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountySuffolk 
Ecclesiastical parishAldham St. Mary 
HundredCosford 
Poor Law unionCosford 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Aldham from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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DistrictBabergh
CountySuffolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtIP7
Post TownIpswich

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