A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
FLITCHAM, a parish in Freebridge-Lynn district, Norfolk; on the river Babingley, 4¾ miles ENE of Castle-Rising, and 5½ E by S of Wolverton r. station. It includes Appleton; and its post town is Castle-Rising, under Lynn. Acres, 4, 200. Real property, £4, 091. Pop., 533. Houses, 98. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged formerly to the great Coke, and belongs now to the Earl of Leicester. A number of cottages, for farm-labourers, were recently erected. An Augustinian priory, a cell to Walsingham abbey, was founded here, in the time of Henry III., by Robert d'Aiguillon, and given, at the dissolution, to the Clintons; and some remains of it exist. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £80.* Patron, the Earl of Leicester. The church is old but good.
(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: | Flitcham CP/AP Freebridge Lynn RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Flitcham |
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