Stanstead (St. James)

STANSTEAD (St. James), a parish, in the union of Sudbury, hundred of Babergh, W. division of Suffolk, 10 miles (S.) from Bury St. Edmund's; containing 387 inhabitants. The parish is situated near the border of the county of Essex, upon a tributary of the river Stour, and to the west of the road between Bury St. Edmund's and Sudbury. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10, and in the gift of the Rev. S. Sheen: the tithes have been commuted for £270, and the glebe comprises 24 acres.