A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HEMPSTEAD, or H. with-Eccles, a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk; on the coast, 8 miles SE by E of North Walsham r. station, and 17 NE of Norwich. Post town, Lessingham, under Norwich. Acres, 907. Real property, £2, 204. Pop., 178. Houses, 34. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Lessingham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £542. * Patron, King's College, Cambridge. The church is ancient but good, and has a low tower.
(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: | Hempstead With Eccles CP/AP Norfolk AncC |
| Place names: | HEMPSTEAD | HEMPSTEAD OR H. WITH ECCLES | H. WITH ECCLES |
| Place: | Hempstead |
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