A vision of Britain through time
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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.
KIMBERLEY, a village and a parish in Forehoe district, Norfolk. The village stands near the river Yare and the East Anglian railway, 3½ miles NW of Wymondham; and has a station on the railway. The parish comprises 1, 460 acres. Post town, Wymondham. Pop., 112. Houses, 28. The property belonged to the Falstolfs; passed to the Wodehouses, one of whom was at the battle of Agincourt; and belongs now to the Earl of Kimberley. Kimberley Hall is Lord K.'s seat, but stands within Wymondham parish; it was built about 1660, in lieu of a previous edifice where entertainment was given to Queen Elizabeth in 1578; it contains a necklace of Henry V.'s queen, and some valuable paintings; and it has a beautiful park of about 646 acres, - 312 of which are in Kimberley, 276 in Wymondham, and 58 in Carleton-Forehoe. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Barnham-Broom, in the diocese of Norwich. The church comprises nave and chancel, with tower and spire; and was repaired and beautified in 1835.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kimberley CP/AP Forehoe RegD/PLU/Inc Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Kimberley |
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