Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HORSHAM-ST. FAITHS

HORSHAM-ST. FAITHS, a village and a parish in St. Faith district, Norfolk. The village stands on a branch of the river Bure, 5 miles NNW of Norwich r. station; was once a market town; and has now a postoffice, of the name of St. Faiths, under Norwich, and a prolonged annual cattle fair commencing on 17 Oct. The parish includes also Newton-ST. Faiths, and comprises 1, 750 acres. Real property, £3, 114. Pop., 918. Houses, 180. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Viscount Ranelagh. A Benedictine priory, a cell to Couches abbey in Normandy, was founded here, in 1105, by Robert Fitzwalter; and was given, at the Reformation, to E. Ebrington and R. Southwell. An hospital of the Knights Templars also was here before 1163; and was given to the Benedictine priory. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £101. Patron, Viscount Ranelagh. The church is ancient, and has an embattled tower. There are two Wessleyan chapels, a national school, and a workhouse, - and the latter serves for the district of St. Faith, and has accommodation for 300 inmates.


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

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Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith CP/AP       Norfolk AncC
Place: Horsham St Faith

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