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.
PASTON, a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk; on the coast, 8¾ miles N E of North Walsham r. station, and 18 N N E of Norwich. Post-town, North Walsham, under Norwich. Acres, 1, 445; of which 70 are water. Real property, £2, 676. Pop., 286. Houses, 63. The property is subdivided. Paston Hall is the seat of John Mack, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £121. Patron, J. Mack, Esq. The church stands on a rising ground; has a handsome tower; and contains monuments of the Paston family, somemembers of which wrote the well-known " Paston Letters."
(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: | Paston CP/AP Smallburgh RegD/Inc/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Paston |
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