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KIRSTEAD, a village and a parish in Loddon district, Norfolk. The village stands 4¼ miles W of Loddon, and 5½ ESE of Swainsthorpe r. station; and has a postoffice under Norwich.—The parish includes the quondam parish of Langhale, and is sometimes called Kirsteadwith-Langhale. Acres, 1, 011. Real property, £1, 794. Pop., 245. Houses, 52. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to G. S. Kett, Esq. Langhale House is the seat ofKerrison, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Langhale, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £326.* Patron, Cains College, Cambridge. The church is early English; was much altered, improved, and enlarged in 1864; and acquired then an apsidal chancel and a tower. A church was formerly at Langhale; but was a ruin in the time of James I.
(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: | Kirstead CP/AP Loddon and Clavering RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Kirstead |
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