Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MARKSHALL, or MATTISHALL-HEATH

MARKSHALL, or MATTISHALL-HEATH, a parish in Henstead district, Norfolk; on the river Tas, adjacent to the Great Eastern railway, 2½ miles S of Norwich. Posttown, Norwich. Acres, 2,280. Real property, £713. Pop., 34. Houses, 4. The property belongs to R. K. Long, Esq. and Mrs. Dashwood. The living is a sinecure rectory, annexed to the rectory of Caistor, in the diocese of Norwich. The church was relinquished in 1695, and has left some remains.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Markshall CP/AP       Henstead RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: MARKSHALL     |     MARKSHALL OR MATTISHALL HEATH     |     MATTISHALL HEATH
Place: Markshall

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