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paying scot and lot, and not receiving alms number of voters, 500. Here there was a College: St. Editha, daughter of King Edgar, founded here a Convent, which became a College afterwards, and valued at 421. 2s. 4d., now worth 8421. 6s. 8d.; granted, 23 Eliz., to Edward Downing and Peter Ashton. An Hospital, founded, 15 Edw. I., by Philip Marmion, for the Premonstratensian Friars; and he gave them in Ashfield pasture for four oxen and two horses, under condition of praying for his soul; yearly value 31. 65. 8d., now worth 66l. 13s. 4d. TATENHILL, 3 miles W.S.W. from Burton-on-Trent. Popula. 2,059. TEAN.-See Checkley.mile distant N.W. Fairs, April 10, Nov. 12, pedlary.

TETTENHALL-REGIS with TETTEN

HALL-CLERICORUM, 14 mile N.W. from Wolverhampton. Popula. 2,478. Here there was a College, founded in King Edgar's reign; value 211. 6s. 8d. yearly, now worth 4261. 13s. 4d.; granted, S Edw. VI., to Walter Wrottesley.

TETTENHALL-CLERICORUM.

Tettenhall-Regis.

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THORPE-CONSTANTINE, 3 miles N.E. from Tamworth. Popula. 40. THREE-FARMS, in Eccleshall parish, and popula. included therein. THROWLEY.-See Ilam.

THURSFIELD, in Wolstanton parish, and popula. included therein. 3 miles distant N.

TIDDESLEY-HAY (Extra Par.), 2 miles N.E. from Penkridge. Popula. 43. TILLINGTON, in St. Mary's parish, Lichfield, and popula. included therein. TIPTON, or TIBBINGTON, 2 miles S.W. from Wednesbury. Popula. 11,546. TITTISWORTH, in Leek parish, and popula. included therein. 1 mile distant N.

TIXALL, 3 miles E. from Stafford. Popula. 198.

TOXT.-See Morrage. 1 mile S.E. from Ipstones.

TRENTHAM, 24 miles S. from Newcastle. Popula. 2,203. Here there was an Augustine Priory, founded in the time of Henry I., on the ruins of a Convent,

founded in the year 680, by King Ethelred, for his daughter, St. Werburgh, who died there an Abbess; value 106l. 3s. 10d. yearly, now worth 2,123l. 16s. 8d.; granted, 30 Hen. VIII., to Charles Duke of Suffolk.

TRESCOTT.-See Pirton. 1 mile dis

tant S.

TRYSUL and SEISDON, 4 miles S.W. from Wolverhampton. Popula. 539. TUNSTALL, in Adbaston parish, and popula. included therein. mile distant E.

TUNSTALL-COURT, in Wolstanton parish, and popula. included therein. 2 miles distant N.

TUTBURY, 3 miles N.W. from Burton.

Popula. 1,444. Market, Tues.; fairs, Feb. 14, Aug. 15, Dec. 1, some few horned cattle. Here there was a Benedictine Priory, founded in the year 1080, by Henry de Ferrers; rents 2441. 16s. 8d., now worth 4,896l. 13s. 4d.; granted, 6 Edw. VI., to Sir William Cavendish.

UTTOXETER, 135 miles N.W. by N. from London. Popula. 4,658. Market, Wed.; fairs, Tuesday before Old-Candlemas, and Thursday in Easter-week, May 6, June 3, July 4, 31, horned cattle and sheep; Sept. 1, 19, Nov. 11, 27, black colts, and horned cattle. WALL, in St. Michael parish, Lichfield, and popula. included therein. 1 mile distant S.

WALSALL, 126 miles N.W. from London.

Popula. 11,914. Market, Tues.; fairs, Feb. 24, Whit-Tuesday, horses and horned cattle; Tuesday before Old Michaelmas-day, horses, cattle, cheese, and onions.

WALSALL-FOREIGN, in the above parish, and popula. included therein. WALTON, in Eccleshall parish, and popula. included therein. mile distant S.E.

WARSFORD, in Allstonefield parish, and popula. included therein. WATER-EATON, in Penkridge parish, and popula. included therein. 2 miles distant S.

WATERFALL, 54 miles S.E. from Leek. Popula. 534.

WEDGWOOD, in Wolstanton parish, and popula. included therein.

WEDNESBURY, 125 miles N.W. from London. Popula. 6,471. Market, Fri.; fairs, May 6, Aug. 4, pedlary. WEDNESFIELD, in Wolverhampton parish, and popula. included therein. 2

miles distant N.E.

WEEFORD, 4 miles W. from Tamworth. Popula. 440.

WESTON-UNDER-LIZARD, 4 miles W.N.W. from Brewood. Popula. 296. WESTON-UPON-TRENT, 4 miles N.E. from Stafford. Popula. 475. WESTON-COYNEY, in Caverswall parish, and popula. included therein. mile distant W.

Wed.; fair, July 10, all sorts of goods Here there was a College, or Monastery, built in the year 996, and amply endowed by a pious widow, Wulfruna; underwent many alterations in aftertimes, and finally became one of the King's Free Chapels; the Deanery va lued, 26.Hen. VIII., at 397. yearly; and five Prebends, 281.; both sums would make now 1,3201.; granted, 7 Edw. VI., to John Duke of Northumberland. WOMBOURNE, 3 miles S. from Wolverhampton. Popula. 1,478.

WOODEATON, in Church-Eaton parish, and popula. included therein. 1 mile distant N.W.

WESTON-JONES, in Norbury parish, WOODFORD-GRANGE (Extra Par.), 4

and popula. included therein. 1 mile distant W.

miles S.W. from Wolverhampton. Popula. 14.

WETTON, 6 miles E. from Leek. Po- WOODHOUSE, in St. Michael parish,

pula. 609.

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Lichfield, and popula. included therein. 14 mile distant W.

WOODLANDS, in Uttoxeter parish, and popula. included therein.

WOOLEY, in Brewood parish, and popula, included therein. WOOLLASTON, in Bradley parish, Cuttleston hundred, and popula. included therein. 1 mile distant S.W. WOOLSTANSTON, 2 miles N. from New. castle. Popula. 8,572. WOOTTON, in Eccleshall parish, and popula. included therein. 14 mile dis

tant S.

WORSTON, in St. Mary and St. Chad parish, Stafford, and popula. included therein.

WROTTESLEY, in Tettenhall parish, and popula. included therein. 2 miles distant W.

WYRLEY (Great), in Cannock parish, and popula. included therein. 2 miles distant S.

WYRLEY (Little).-See Norton-under-
Cannock. 1 mile distant S.
YARLETT, in Weston-upon-Trent parish.
and popula. included therein. 3 miles
N. from Stafford.

YATE (Great).-See Croxden. mile
distant N.W.
YOXHALL, 4 miles S.E. from Abbots-
Bromley. Popula. 1,756. Fair, Sept. 1.

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SUFFOLK.

A MARITIME COUNTY. It is bounded on the North by Norfolk; on the East hy the German Ocean; on the South by Essex; and on the West by Cambridge. It is about 47 miles in length, and about 27 in breadth. It is divided into 21 hundreds; Babergh, Blackburn, Blything, Bosmere and Claydon, Carlford, Cobneis, Cosford, Hartesmere, Hoxne, Lackford, Loes, Mutford and Lothingland, Plomesgate, Risbridge, Samford, Stow, Thedwestry, Thingoe, Thredling, Wangford, Wilford. The principal RIVERS of this county are, the Gipping, the Stour, the Deben, the Waveney, the Little Ouse, the Ald, the Blythe, the Larke. The MARKET-TOWNS are, Aldborough, Beccles, Bildeston, Brandon, Botesdale, Bungay, Bury-St.-Edmunds, Clare, Debenham, Dunwich, Eye, Framlingham, Hadleigh, Halesworth, Haverhill, Ipswich, Ixworth, Lavenham, Lowestoft, Mendlesham, Mildenhall, Needham-Market, Neyland, Orford, Saxmundham, Southwold, Stowmarket, Sudbury, and Woodbridge. It is in the PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY, chiefy in the DIOCESE OF NORWICH, but partly in that of CANTERBURY, and in the NORFOLK CIRCUIT. Suffolk returns 16 members to parliament; two for the county, and two for each of the boroughs of Aldborough, Dunwich, BurySt.-Edmunds, Eye, Ipswich, Orford and Sudbury. It contains 1512 square miles, or 967,680 acres; and 510 parishes. It had 52 monastic establishments, and 56 public charities; it has 23 parishes containing less than 100 inhabitants each; 97 parishes with no parsonage-houses; 109 parishes with parsonage-houses unfit to dwell in; the POOR-RATES were, in 1818, 285,0071.14s. 64d.; the number of paupers 28,577; the rental of the county, according to a return made to parliament in 1818, was 1,127,4041. 28. 94d.; the population, according to a return laid before parliament in 1821, was 270,542; the number of inhabited houses, in 1821, was 42,773; of uninhabited ones, 656; the poor-rates bear the proportion of one-fourth of the rental; the number of paupers, compared with the number of houses, is one to every two; the

The

poor-rates in 1776, were 55,8391.; the
number of persons to every square mile
of this county, is 185; the number of
acres to a person, 3; the number of
acres to a house, 25; the male popula-
tion in 1821, was 132,410; the families
employed in agriculture were in num-
ber 30,795; the families employed in
handicraft were 17,418 in number; the
number of other families was 6,851.
The agricultural male population 74,051;
able labourers 37,025; the number of
acres in this county to every able-bodied
labourer 26. Suffolk is a a level county,
and purely an agricultural one.
soil varies less, perhaps, than does that
of any other county of England, and it
is, generally speaking, a strong loam
on a clay or marl bottom. In the north-
west corner, there is a considerable
district of fen-land, about Mildenhall
and Brandon, consisting of light bog,
or peat surface, with marl below. The
produce of the county is wheat, beans,
barley, oats, clover, turnips, and very
generally following in that order. It is
one of the most productive and most
skilfully-tilled of our counties. In some
parts there are extensive dairies, pro-
ducing excellent butter, for the mar-
kets of the county and for London, but
the cheese is very inferior. The horses
of this county are very well known to
be of the very best for agricultural pur-
poses; strong, yet light, and of excel-
lent courage and great durability. The
breed of cows is also very famous: they
are rather small, hornless, with but
little dewlap, with clean, well-formed
limbs, and great productiveness. The
sheep are of the Norfolk breed, except-
ing where of late they have been
changed for that of the South-Downs.
This county is almost unrivalled in pro-
ductiveness of game; and for rabbits it
is certainly unequalled. What wood-
land there is in it may be traced from
the north-east to the north-west corner
of it; but, though for the greater part
an enclosed, it is not a woody county.
It has no mines of any kind, nor has it
any manufactures worthy of mention.

ACTON, 3 miles S.S.W. from Lavenham,
Popula. 555. Fair, July 6,

AKENHAM, 3 miles N. from Ipswich. BARHAM, 4 miles N. from Ipswich.

Popula. 120.

ALDEBURGH, 95 miles N.E. from London. Popula. 1,212. Market, Wed. and Sat.; fairs, March 1, May 3, toys. A corporate town, having twelve superior and twelve inferior burgesses, from whom two bailiffs are appointed. Sends two members to parliament: right of election in the corporation, and freemen not receiving alms: number of voters, about 35.

Popula. 845.

BARKING, 1 mile S.W. from Needham. Popula. 1,687.

BARNARDISTON, 34 miles N.E. from Haverhill. Popula. 175.

BARNBY, 34 miles E. from Beccles. Popula. 262.

BARNHAM, 7 miles N.W. from Ixworth, and 24 miles S. from Thetford. Popula. 369.

ALDERTON, 64 miles S.W. from Orford. BARNINGHAM, 4 miles N.N.E. from

Popula. 566.

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ALL-SAINTS (South-Elmham), 41 miles N.W. by N. from Halesworth. Popula. 239.

ALPHETON, 2 miles W.N.W. from

Lavenham. Popula. 264.

AMPTON, 44 miles N. from Bury-St.

Edmunds. Popula. 117.

ANDREW (St. Ilketshall), 6 miles N.

from Halesworth. Popula. 472.

ASHBY, 54 miles S.W. from Yarmouth. Popula. 34.

ASH-BOCKING, 6 miles N. from Ipswich. Popula. 248.

ASHFIELD (Great), 44 miles S.E. from Ixworth. Popula. 345.

ASHFIELD with THORPE, 3 miles E. from Debenham. Popula. 309. ASPALL, 1 mile N. from Debenham. Popula 109.

Ixworth. Popula. 424.

BARROW, 5 miles W. from Burr-St.-
Edmunds. Popula. 755. Fair, May 1.
BARSHAM, 2 miles W. from Beccles.
Popula. 192.

BARTON (Great), 4 miles S.W. from
Ixworth. Popula. 702.
BARTON-MILLS, 1 mile E. from Mil-
denhall. Popula. 523.

BATTISFORD, 1 mile S.W. from Needham. Popula. 421.

BAWDSEY, 7 miles S.S.E. from Woodbridge. Popula. 414.

BAYLEHAM, 24 miles S.S.E. from Needham. Popula. 237.

BECCLES, 110 miles N.E. from London. Popula. 3,493. Market, Sat.; fairs, Whit-Monday, June 29, Oct. 2, horses and petty chapmen.

BEDFIELD, miles N.E. from Debenham. Popula. 319.

BEDINGFIELD, 44 miles N. from Debenham. Popula. 318.

BEALINGS (Great), 2 miles W. from Woodbridge. Popula. 339.

ASSINGTON, 3 miles N.W. from Ney- BEALINGS (Little), 24 miles W. from

land. Popula. 533.

ATHELINGTON, 5 miles N.N.E. from

Debenham. Popula. 100.

BACTON, 3 miles W. from Mendlesham. Popula. 715.

BADINGHAM, 6 miles S.W. from Halesworth. Popula. 816.

BADLEY, 2 miles S. from Stow-Market. Popula. 84.

BADWELL-ASH, 3 miles S.E. from Ixworth. Popula. 427.

Woodbridge. Popula. 262. BELSTEAD, 3 miles S.W. from Ipswich. Popula. 255.

BENHALL, 1 mile W. from Saxmundham.

Popula. 710.

BENTLEY, 5 miles S.W. from Ipswich. · Popula. 366.

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BERGHOLT (East), 8 miles S.W. from

Ipswich, and 3 miles N.W. from Manningtree. Popula. 1,246. Fair, July 22, toys.

BARDWELL, 2 miles N. from Ixworth. BETTON, 34 miles S.W. from Yarmouth.

Popula. 687.

Popula. 385.

Popula. 170.

BRAMFIELD, 2 miles S. from Hales. worth. Popula. 630.

BRAMFORD, 3 miles W.N.W. from Ipswich. Popula. 855.

BRAMPTON, 4 miles N.E. from Halesworth. Popula. 255.

BEYTON or BEIGHTON, 5 miles S. BRAISEWORTH, 1 mile S. from Eye. from Ixworth. Popula. 238. BILDESTON or BILSON, 63 miles N.E. from London. Popula. 814. Market, Wed.; fairs, Ash-Wednesday, HolyThursday, wearing apparel and toys. BINACRE, 5 miles N. from Southwould. Popula. 224. BLAKENHAM (Great), 34 miles S.E. BRANDESTON, 3 miles S.W. from Framfrom Needham. Popula. 162. lingham. Popula. 458. BLAKENHAM (Little), 34 miles S.S.E. BRANDON, 79 miles N. from London. from Needham. Popula. 120. Popula. 1,770. Fairs, Feb. 14, June 11, Nov. 11, cattle, toys, &c. BRANTHAM, 2 miles N. from Manningtree. Popula. 385.

BLAXHALL, 4 miles S.W. from Saxmundham. Popula. 474.

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BLUNDESTON, 3 miles N.W. from Low- BREDFIELD, 3 miles N. from Wood

estoft. Popula. 448.

BLYTHBURGH with HINTON and BULCAMP, 4 miles S. E. from Halesworth. Popula. 513. Fair, April 5, toys. At this place there was an Augustine Priory, settled by Hen. I.; rents 481. 8s. 10d., now worth 9681. 16s. 8d.; granted, 30 Hen. VIII., to Sir Arthur Hopton.

bridge. Popula. 402.

BRENT-ELEIGH, 14 mile E. from Lavenham. Popula. 298. BRETTENHAM, 3 miles N. from Bildestow. Popula. 280.

BRICETT (Great), 34 miles S.W. from Needham. Popula. 290. Fair, July 5, butter, sheep, and toys.

BLYTHFORD, 2 miles E. from Hales- BRIGHTWELL, 44 miles E. from Ips

worth. Popula. 163.

BOTESDALE, 86 miles N.E. from Lon

don. Popula. 584. Market, Thurs.; fair, Holy-Thursday, cattle and toys. BOULGE, 2 miles N. from Woodbridge. Popula. 44.

BOXFORD, 4 miles S.W. from Hadleigh.
Popula. 944. Fairs, Easter-Monday,
Dec. 21, toys.

BOXTED, 6 miles W. from Lavenham.
Popula. 196. Fair, Whit-Monday, cat-
tle.

BOYTON, 3 miles W.S.W. from Orford.
Popula. 208.

BRADFIELD-COMBUST, 44 miles
N.N.W. from Lavenham. Popula. 146.
BRADFIELD (St. Clare), 5 miles N. from
Lavenham. Popula. 201.

wich. Popula. 73.

BROCKFORD and WETHERINGSETT,
5 miles S.W. by S. from Eye, and 1
mile N.E. from Mendlesham. Popula.
937.

BROCKLEY, 54 miles S. from Bury-St.-
Edmunds. Popula. 276.

BROMESWELL, 2 miles E. from Wood-
bridge. Popula. 185.

BROOME, 2 miles N. from Eye. Popula. 324.

BRUISYARD, 4 miles N.W. from Sax

mundham. Popula. 269. Here there was a Nunnery of Minoresses, founded at Ash, by Maud Countess of Ulster, in the year 1354; yearly value 56l. 2s. 1d., now worth 1,122l. 1s. 8d.; granted, 30 Hen. VIII., to Nicholas Hare. BRUNDISH, 34 miles N. from Framlingham. Popula. 427.

BRADFIELD (St. George), 6 miles N. BUCKLESHAM, 44 miles S.E. from Ipsfrom Lavenham. Popula. 409.

BRADLEY (Great), 44 miles N. from
Haverhill. Popula. 487.

wich. Popula. 269.

BULCAMP.-See Blythburgh. mile

distant N.

BRADLEY (Little), 4 miles N. from BUNGAY, 107 miles N.E. from London.

Haverhill. Popula. 31.

BRADWELL, 24 miles S.W. from Yarmouth. Popula. 272.

Popula. 1,313. It consists of the two parishes of Holy-Trinity and St. Mary. Market, Thurs.; fairs, May 14, horses

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