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EARSHAM, a parish and a hundred in Norfolk. The parish is in Depwade district; and lies on the river Waveney, and on the Waveney Valley railway, 1 mile WSW of Bungay; and has a side station on the railway. Post town, Bungay. Acres, 3, 052. Real property, £5, 788. Pop., 697. Houses, 158. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Bigods. Earsham House was formerly the seat of the Wyndhams; and is now the seat of Capt. -John Meade. The living is a rectory in the dio. of Norwich Value, £505.* Patron, Capt. John Meade. The church stands within the area of a Saxon camp; has a tower and spire; contains monuments of the Gooches, the Buxtons, and others; and is good.-The hundred lies around the parish; and contains twelve other parishes and part of -another, Acres, 24, 560. Pop., 8, 484. Houses, 1,856.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Earsham CP/AP Earsham Hundred Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Earsham |
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