Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CROWNTHORPE

CROWNTHORPE, a parish in Forehoe district, Norfolk; on the river Yare and the Norfolk railway, 2½ miles N W of Wymondham. Post town, Wymondham. Acres, 696. Real property, £1, 604. Pop., 97. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £155.* Patron, Earl of Kimberley. The church is good.


(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: Crownthorpe CP/AP       Forehoe RegD/PLU/Inc       Norfolk AncC
Place: Crownthorpe

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