Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KEMPSTON

KEMPSTON, a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; 1¼ mile S by W of Litcham, and 2 NNW of Fransham r. station. Post town, Litcham, under Swaffham. Acres, 81 4. Real property, £1, 258. Pop., 48. Houses, 9. The property belongs to the Earl of Leicester. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £167. Patron, the Earl of Leicester. The church has a thatched nave, a tiled chancel, and an ivy clad tower; and contains an ancient font and a piscina.


(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: Kempstone CP/AP       Mitford and Launditch RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Kempstone

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