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Blythburgh in Suffolk County England History and GeographyBLYTHBURGH, a parish in the hundred of BLYTHING, county of SUFFOLK, 4¼ miles (W. by S.) from Southwold, containing, with the hamlets of Hinton and Bulcamp, 513 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, endowed with £400 royal bounty, and £1800 parliamentary grant. Sir Charles Blois, Bart. was patron in 1806. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was formerly profusely adorned with sculpture and painted glass, a few remaining portions of which latter are of exquisite beauty. Blythburgh, the origin of which has been ascribed to the Britons, though the only relies of antiquity that have been discovered are some Roman urns, which were dug up about 1768, was formerly a place of considerable importance, both as regards its trade and the extent of its buildings: it had a weekly market and three annual fairs. Its decay is attributed to the suppression of the priory, and also to a fire which in 1676, destroyed a great part of the town. This priory is stated, by some, to have been founded for black canons, by the abbot and convent of St. Osyth, in Essex, to which monastery it was subordinate; and, according to others, by Henry I.: its revenue, in 1532, two years previously to its dissolution, was estimated at £48. 8.; a small portion of the ruins is visible. There are also inconsiderable remains of an ancient chapel, called Holy Rood chapel. Anna, King of the East Angles, and his eldest son, Ferminus, who were slain at Bulcamp, in the battle with Penda, (unless we yield credence to Rapin, who states that Anna expired whilst preparing for the battle,) were first interred in the church here, and subsequently removed to Bury-St. Edmund's. The river Blyth is navigable hence to the North Sea. Thomas Neal, in 1589, gave a small portion of land for teaching five poor children; and Burham Raymond, in 1728, assigned a rent-charge for the instruction of twelve more. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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