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GAYTON, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Freebridge-Lynn district, Norfolk. The village stands 2¾ miles NE of East Winch r. station, and 7½ E. by S of King's Lynn; and has a post office under Lynn, and a hiring fair a week prior to Old Michaelmas day.—The parish comprises 3, 272 acres. Real property, £4, 581. Pop., 920. Houses, 170. The property is much sub-divided. A Benedictine priory was founded here, in the time of William the Conqueror, by William de Scohies. Gayton Place is the seat of the St. Johns. The parish contains the Freebridge-Lynn workhouse. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £292. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is ancient but very good. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £66.—The sub-district contains nine parishes. Acres, 22, 766. Pop., 4, 284. Houses, 903.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Gayton CP/AP Gayton SubD Freebridge Lynn RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Gayton |
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