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Iken (St. Botolph)

IKEN (St. Botolph), a parish, in the union and hundred of Plomesgate, E. division of Suffolk, 5 miles (N. by W.) from Orford; containing 342 inhabitants. The navigable river Ore runs on the north of the parish, which on the east is bounded by the sea. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £6. 13. 4., and in the gift of T. W. Allen, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £425, and the glebe comprises 20½ acres of land. In the year 1814, the Marquess of Hertford granted a rent-charge of £36 per annum on his estate, in exchange for the town lands of this place.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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