Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RAINHAM (West)

RAINHAM (West), a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; on the river Wensum, 4¼ miles S W of Faken.ham r. station. Post-town, Rougham, under Brandon. Acres, 1, 370. Real property, £2, 945. Pop. 369. Houses, 64. The property belongs to Marquis Townshend. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of East Rainham, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is in ruins. There are a girls' school, and charities £33. Whitakerthe antiquary was a native.


(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: West Raynham CP/AP       Walsingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: RAINHAM     |     RAINHAM WEST     |     WEST RAINHAM
Place: West Raynham

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