STERNFIELD
"STERNFIELD, a parish in the hundred of Plomesgate, county Suffolk, 1 mile S. of Saxmundham, its post town. The village, which is small and irregularly built, is wholly agricultural, and the soil loamy. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Norwich, value £297. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, has a tower and four bells. The parochial charities produce about £61 per annum, realised from town estate. There is a school for both sexes."
Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003
Cemeteries
- St Mary Magdalene, Church Hill, Church of England
Census
Church History
Descriptions and photographs of churches in the parish may be found in Simon Knott's Suffolk Churches.Church Records
- Churches in Sternfield:
- St Mary Magdalene, Church Hill, Church of England
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Description and Travel
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- Details of the administrative areas of which Sternfield has been a part can be seen in Vision of Britain, which contains details of historic boundaries, and more about this place.
Maps
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