A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
DEREHAM (West), a parish in Downham district, Norfolk; 3 miles E of Denver r. station, and 3 W by N of Stoke-Ferry. It has a post office under Brandon. Acres, 3, 440. Real property, £5, 325. Pop., 679. Houses, 142. The property is much subdivided. A Premon. stratensian abbey was founded here, in 1188, by Hubert, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury; and given, at the dissolution, to the family of Dereham. The old gate-house of it, an elegant entrance-tower, still exists. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £74. Patron, the Rev. George Jenyns. The church is later English; has a circular tower; and contains some handsome monuments. There are Wesleyan and P. Methodist chapels, a national school, and charities £84.
(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: | West Dereham CP/AP Downham RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place names: | DEREHAM | DEREHAM WEST | WEST DEREHAM |
| Place: | West Dereham |
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