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.
RAINHAM (South), a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; on the river Wensum, 4½ miles S W of Fakenham r. station. Post-town, Rougham, under Brandon. Acres, 1,040. Real property, £2, 319. Pop., 129. Houses, 27. The property belongs to Marquis Townshend. A Cluniac priory, a cell to Castle-Acre, was founded here in 1160 by William de Lisewes. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Helhoughton, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is old.
(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: | South Raynham CP/AP Walsingham RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place names: | RAINHAM | RAINHAM SOUTH | SOUTH RAINHAM |
| Place: | South Raynham |
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