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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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WALSHAM (South), a village, two parishes, and a sub-district, in Blofield district, Norfolk The village stands 4¼ miles NE of Brundall r. station, and 9 ENE of Norwich; and has a post-office under Norwich.-The parishes are St. Lawrence and St. Mary. Acres, 3,149. Real property, £6,776. Pop., 220 and 336. Houses, 47 and 75. Most of the property is divided between two. The living of St. L. is a rectory, and that of St. M. is a vicarage, in the diocese of Norwich. Value of St. L., £516;* of St. M., £162. Patron of St. L., Queen's College, Cambridge; of St. M., Norwich Hospital. The churches stand in one churchyard; and that of St. L. was destroyed by fire in 1827, but restored and enlarged in 1832. There are a national school, and charities £52. --The sub-district contains 18 parishes. Acres, 26,362. Pop., 5,734. Houses, 1,215.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, two parishes, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | South Walsham CP South Walsham SubD Blofield RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place names: | SOUTH WALSHAM | WALSHAM | WALSHAM SOUTH |
| Place: | South Walsham |
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