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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  BROMLEY	Kent	Bishop of Worcester. The vicarages of Plaistow, Bickley, and Bromley-Common are separate benefices. The subdistrict contains the parishes of Bromley, Beckenham, Hayes, West Wickham	Imperial
  CANTERBURY	Kent Surrey	CANTERBURY , a city in Kent, and a diocese in Kent and Surrey. The city partly forms a district of itself	Imperial
  DARTFORD	Kent	Bishop of Worcester.—The sub-district contains the parishes of Dartford, Stone-near-Dartford, Swanscombe, Darenth, Wilmington, and Sutton-at-Hone. Acres, 17, 675. Pop., 13, 180. Houses, 2, 499. The district comprehends also the sub-district of Bexley, containing the parishes of Bexley, East Wickham	Imperial
  DEANE	Hampshire	bishop Wm. Wickham; and passed to the Parrotts, the Fieneses, the Deanes, and the Harwoods. The living is a rectory	Imperial
  ELY	Cambridgeshire	ELY , a city and several territorial tracts in Cambridgeshire; and a diocese in the counties of Cambridge, Bedford, Huntingdon, Norfolk	Imperial
  ENFIELD	Middlesex	Bishop Wickham was a native; and the Earl of Strafford takes from it the title of Viscount. A cedar, now about	Imperial
  EVESHAM	Worcestershire	Bishop J. Watson were natives; and Clementi the pianist, and Mrs. Elstop the Saxon scholar, were residents. The two parishes are All Saints and St. Lawrence. Acres, with Bengeworth, 2, 150. Real property of All Saints, £7, 284; of St. Lawrence, £6, 147. Pop., 1, 722 and 1, 699. Houses, 344 and 369. The property of both parishes is much subdivided. Abbey Manor is the seat of R. Rudge, Esq. Both All Saints and St. Lawrence are vicarages; and the two form one living in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £208.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The vale	Imperial
  FAREHAM	Hampshire	Bishop of Winchester; of the latter, Sir H. Thompson.—The sub-district contains also the parishes of Porchester, Wymering, Widley, South-wick, and Boarhunt. Acres, 21, 089. Pop., 9, 640. Houses, 1,804.—The district comprehends also the sub-district of Titchfield, containing the parishes of Titchfield, Rowwer, and Wickham	Imperial
  GLEMHAM (Little)	Suffolk	Wickham-Market. Acres, 1, 268. Real property, £2, 301. Pop., 325. Houses, 70. The property is divided among a few. Glemham Hall was formerly the seat of the Glemhams, -one of whom, Sir Thomas, fought conspicuously for Charles I.; and is now the residence of A. Garrett, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Great Glemham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £329.* Patron, the Earl of Guilford. The church was repaired in 1858. Henry Glemham, who became bishop	Imperial
  LINTON	Cambridgeshire	Bishop of Ely. The sub-district contains also the parishes of Great Abington, Little Abington, Hildersham, Great Bartlow, Castle-Camps, Shudy-Camps, and Hadstock, and part of that of Ashdon, the two latter electorally in Essex. Acres, 15,169. Pop., 4,813. Houses, 1,008.—The district comprehends also the sub-district of Balsham, containing the parishes of Balsham, West Wickham	Imperial
  LONDON	London London	LONDON , the metropolis of England. The centre of it is London city or London proper; the centre of that is	Imperial
  ORFORD	Suffolk	Bishop Herbert de Losinga, who removed the see of Thetford to Norwich, and founded Norwich cathedral; has remains of acastle, built in 1165; had an Augustinian friary, two ormore chapels, and an hospital or a chantry, founded in the time of Edward I., some traces of which are still visible; figured early as a port of considerable importance; sentthree ships, with 62 men, to the siege of Calais in 1359; was made a borough in the time of Henry III.; sent two members to parliament, but was disfranchised by the re-form act of 1832; is still governed	Imperial
  SALMONBY	Lincolnshire	Value, £308.* Patron, the Rev. R. F. Ward. The church is of the time of Edward III. Bishop Wickham was rector.	Imperial
  SOBERTON	Hampshire	Bishops-Waltham r. station, and has a post-office under Southampton. The parish contains also the hamlets of Kingsmead, Newtown, and Southend, the liberty of Wickham	Imperial
  STRADBROKE	Suffolk	Wickham-Market, two good inns, a police station, a church with lofty tower, a Baptist chapel, a middle-class endowed school for 50 boys, a large mixed school, Hoxne workhouse, charities £109, a weekly market on Monday, and a cattle fair on the 3d Monday of June.—The parish comprises 3,702 acres. Real property, £8,341. Pop. in 1851, 1,822; in 1861, 1,537. Houses, 304. S. manor belongs to Sir E.Kerrison, Bart., and Shelton-Hall-with-Wilby manor to T. G. Corbett, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value	Imperial
  TANNINGTON	Suffolk	Wickham-Market. Acres, 1,602. Real property, £2,602. Pop., 246. Houses, 51. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with Brundish, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £196.* Patron, the Bishop	Imperial
  Wickham	Essex	Wickham , ry. sta., Essex. See WICKHAM BISHOPS.	Bartholomew
  Wickham Bishops	Essex	Wickham Bishops , par. and vil., with ry. sta. (Wickham), Essex - par., 1549 ac., pop. 535; vil., on river Blackwater, 2½ miles	Bartholomew
  WICKHAM-BISHOPS	Essex	WICKHAM-BISHOPS , a parish in Witham district, Essex; on the Blackwater river and the Maldon railway, 2½ miles S of Witham	Imperial
  WICKHAM-LODGE	Hampshire	WICKHAM-LODGE , a liberty in Soberton tything, Hants; 3 miles ESE of Bishops Waltham.	Imperial

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