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"BARKING, a parish in the hundred of Bosmere and Claydon, in the county of Suffolk, 1 mile to the S.W. of Needham-Market, its post town. It is situated on the river Orwell, and contains the chapelry of Needham-Market, and the hamlet of Darmsden. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Norwich, value with that of Darmsden, £840, in the gift of the Earl of Ashburnham. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is also a district church at Needham-Market, the living of which is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the rector. A free school was established here in 1650, by Francis Theobald, which has now a revenue from endowment of £55. The parish has the benefit of several other charitable bequests, amounting (with the school) to £132 per annum."
From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003
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OS Grid reference TM070530 - Barking
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