Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RUNCTON (South)

RUNCTON (South), a parish in Downham district, Norfolk; 4 miles N N E of Downham r. station. Post-town, Downham. Acres, 831. Real property, £1, 266. Pop., 139. Houses, 30. The manor belongs to Gonville and Cains College, Cambridge. The living is a rectory, united with Holme and Wallington, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £650.* Patron, E. Peel, Esq. The church is modern, and includes a fine Saxon arch.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Runcton Holme CP/AP       Downham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: RUNCTON     |     RUNCTON SOUTH     |     SOUTH RUNCTON
Place: Runcton Holme

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