Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FOXLEY

FOXLEY, a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; 2 miles S by E of Foulsham, and 3½ E by S of Elmham r. station. Post town, Bawdeswell, under Thetford. Acres, 1, 620. Real property, £2, 570. Pop., 278. Houses, 59. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £380.* Patron, the Rev. H. Lombe. The church has a pinnacled tower, and is tolerable.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Foxley CP/AP       Mitford and Launditch RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Foxley

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