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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))
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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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