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.
CREAKE (North), a parish in Docking district, Norfolk; 3 miles SSE of Burnham-Westgate r. station, and 5 W of Walsingham. It has a post office under Fakenham. Acres, 3, 601. Real property, £4, 039. Pop., 708. Houses, 152. The property is divided among a few. A priory-hospital was founded here, in 1206, by Sir Robert de Narford; afterwards enlarged into an Angustinian abbey; and eventually given, by the Countess of Richmond, to Christ's College, Cambridge. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £1, 077.* Patron, alternately Earl Spencer and the Bishop of Norwich. The church has a transitional early English chancel, a lofty clerestory, a fine decorated English tower, and a brass of a man holding a church; and is good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £15. Bishop Sandal was rector.
(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: | North Creake CP/AP Docking RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place names: | CREAKE | CREAKE NORTH | NORTH CREAKE |
| Place: | North Creake |
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