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LETTON, a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; at the source of the river Blackwater, 4 miles W of Thuxton r. station, and 5 SSW of East Dereham. Post town, Shiphdam, under Thetford. Acres, 1,274. Real property, £1,907. Pop. in 1851,150; in 1861,111. Houses, 24. The property, with Letton Hall, belongs to B. Gurdon, Esq. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Cranworth, in the diocese of Norwich. There is no church.
(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: | Letton CP/AP Mitford and Launditch RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
Place: | Letton |
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