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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described South Lynn like this:
LYNN (SOUTH), a parish in Lynn district, Norfolk; forming part of Lynn borough. Real property, £14,601; of which £1,060 are in gas-works. Pop. in 1851,4,772; in 1861,4,534. Houses, 1,031. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £403.* Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. See LYNN.
South Lynn is now part of KINGS LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how KINGS LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about South Lynn itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of South Lynn, in Kings Lynn and West Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3969
Date accessed: 14th February 2026
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