A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SPORLE-WITH-PALGRAVE, a parish in Swaffham district, Norfolk; on the East Anglian railway, 2¼ miles-NE of Swaffham. It has a post-office, of the name of Sporle, under Swaffham. Acres, 3,817. Real property, £6,678. Pop., 806. Houses, 186. The manor belongs to St. Katherine's Hospital,, London. An alien black priory was founded here in the time of Henry II.; was given, by Henry VI., to Eton College; and has left some vestiges. The living is a vicarage and a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £300. Patron, Eton College. The church is early English. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, an endowed school with £32 a year, and charities £90.
(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: | Sporle AP Sporle With Palgrave CP/AP Swaffham RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place names: | SPORLE | SPORLE WITH PALGRAVE |
| Place: | Sporle |
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