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.
LESSINGHAM, a village and a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk. The village stands near the coast, 7 miles ESE of North Walsham, and 14 NNE of Brundall r. station; and has a post office under Norwich.—The parish comprises 639 acres. Real property, £1,297. Pop., 175. Houses, 50. The property is divided among a few; and the greater part belongs to N. Cubitt, Esq. An alien priory, under Ogbourne in Wilts, and attached to the abbey of Bec in Normandy, was founded here in the time of William Rufus; underwent change of proprietorship in the time of Henry VI.; and was given, at the general dissolution, to King's college, Cambridge. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Hempstead, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is ancient, and has a painted rood-screen. There are a national school, and charities £5.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Lessingham AP/CP Smallburgh RegD/Inc/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Lessingham |
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