BRADFIELD ST. GEORGE
"BRADFIELD ST. GEORGE, a parish in the hundred of Thedwestry, in the county of Suffolk, 5 miles to the S.E. of Bury St. Edmund's, its post town. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely, of the value with that of Rushbrook annexed, of £550, in the patronage of the Marquis of Bristol. The church is dedicated to St. George. The surrounding country is very flat, and the view from the top of the steeple is of considerable extent, embracing parts of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Essex. It is said that 60 parish churches are within sight. There is a small endowment for education."
Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003
Cemeteries
Census
Church History
Descriptions and photographs of churches in the parish may be found in Simon Knott's Suffolk Churches.Church Records
- Churches in Bradfield St George:
- St George, Church Road, Church of England
- Chapel [now Baptist Church], Chapel Road-Kingshall Green, Particular Baptist
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