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Debenham, Suffolk

Historical Description

Debenham, a small town and a parish in Suffolk. The town stands on the side of a hill, near the source of the river Deben, 7 miles W from Framlingham station on the G.E.R., and 10 NNE of Needham Market, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Stonhain, and formerly had a weekly market on Friday, and a fair on 24 June. The parish comprises 3322 acres; population, 1219. The manor belonged to Butley Priory, and passed to the Framlinghams, the Gandys, the Pitts, the Bridges, and others, and is now the property of Lord Henniker. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; value, £142 with residence. Patron, Lord Henniker. The church is a building of stone and flint, chiefly in the Perpendicular and Early English styles; and there are a Congregational chapel, a bank, a mechanics' institute, an endowed school, and charities worth about £150 a year.

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 parishDebenham St. Mary 
HundredThredling 
Poor Law unionBosmere and Claydon 

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


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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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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DistrictMid Suffolk
CountySuffolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtIP14
Post TownStowmarket

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