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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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REEPHAM, a small town and a parish in Aylsham district, Norfolk. The town stands on a branch of the river Wensum, 6½ miles S W by W of Aylsham, and 7 Eby N of Elmham r. station; extends into the parishes of Hackford, Whitwell, and Kerdiston; is a seat of petty sessions and a polling-place; and has a post-office‡ under Norwich, a hotel, a police station, two churches, Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, two cemeteries, a public library and reading-room, two national schools, and charities £27. The two churches are those of Reepham and Whitwell; and they stand in one churchyard, where also stood formerly the church of Hackford. Reepham church is ancient but good; has an embattled tower; and contains ancient monuments of the Kerdistons. A weekly market is held on Wednesday; a stockfair is held on 29 June; and there are a brewery and twolarge tanneries. The parish comprises 570 acres. Real property, £2, 454. Pop., 346. Houses, 86. The manor belonged once to the De Vauxs. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Kerdiston, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £699.* Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small town and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Reepham CP Aylsham RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Reepham |
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