Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRISLEY

BRISLEY, a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; 3 miles W by S of Elmham r. station, and 5½ NNW of East Dereham. Post Town, East Bilney, under Swaffham. Acres, 1,201. Real property, £2,760. Pop., 362. Houses, 86. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Gateley, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £486.* Patron, Christ's College, Cambridge. The church is 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: Brisley AP/CP       Mitford and Launditch RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Brisley

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