A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
CAWSTON, a village and a parish in Aylsham district, Norfolk. The village stands on a pleasant spot, near an affluent of the river Wensum, 4 miles WSW of Aylsham, and 9½ E of Elmbam r. station; and has a post office under Norwich, and fairs on 1 Feb. and the last Wednesday of April and Aug. The parish comprises 4,296 acres. Real property, £5,374. Pop., 1,019. Houses, 245. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £1,015* Patron, Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. The church is decorated perpendicular, and was partly restored in 1865. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £11.
(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: | Cawston CP/AP Aylsham RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Cawston |
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