Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LEXHAM (EAST)

LEXHAM (EAST), a parish, with a village, in Mitford district, Norfolk; 1¾ mile W by S of Litcham, and 3 N by W of Dunham r. station. Post town, Litcham, under Swaffham. Acres, 1,190. Real property, £1,527. Pop., 226. Houses, 47. The manor and nearly all the land belong to the Rev. W. A. W-Keppel. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Litcham, in the diocese of Norwich. The church has a round ivy-mantled tower, and is good. There are a national school, and charities £26.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: East Lexham AP/CP       Lexham CP       Mitford and Launditch RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: EAST LEXHAM     |     LEXHAM     |     LEXHAM EAST
Place: East Lexham

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