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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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FELBRIGG, a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk; near the line of the telegraph from Norwich to Cromer, 3 miles SW of Cromer, and 8 NW of North Walsham railway station. Post town, Cromer, under Norwich. Acres, 1, 557. Real property, £1, 333. Pop., 136. Houses, 31. The manor belonged to Sir Simon de Felbrigg, of the 14th century; and passed, by purchase, first to Lord Scales, and next to the Wyndhams, -one of whom was the eminent statesman, the Right Hon. William Wyndliam. Felbrigg Hall, the family seat, is partly of the time of Henry VIII., partly of the time of Elizabeth; underwent recent improvement, rendering it an elegant mansion; stands in a fine situation, on comparatively high land, amid a fine demesne of 200 acres; and contains some valuable pictures by the Dutch and Italian masters, and a bust of the Right Hon. W. Wyndham by Nollekins. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Metton, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £420.* Patron, John Ketton, Esq. The church contains brasses and monuments, some of them very fine ones, of the De Felbriggs and the Wyndhams.
(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: | Felbrigg CP/AP Erpingham RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Felbrigg |
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