A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HEIGHAM, or Higham, a parish Norwich district, Norfolk; in the W side of Norwich city. Real property, £36, 799. Pop. in 1851, 7, 745; in 1861, 13, 894. Houses, 3, 181. The increase of pop. arose from the removal hither of families from other parts of the city, and of Norwich workhouse from St. Andrew's parish. Here also are the jail, a private lunatic asylum, and the girls' home. There are three livings, St. Bartholomew, Holy Trinity, and St. Philip; the latter two constituted in 1867; thefirst two rectories, the last a p. curacy, in the diocese of Norwich. Value of St. B., £300; * of H. T. £420; * of St. P., £200.* Patron of all, the Bishop of N. St. P. church was built in 1 868, and is in the early French style.
(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: | Heigham CP/AP Norfolk AncC |
| Place names: | HEIGHAM | HEIGHAM OR HIGHAM | HIGHAM |
| Place: | Heigham |
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