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BIRCHAM (Great), a parish in Docking district, Norfolk; 3 miles S of Docking, and 9 ½ W by N of Fakenham r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Bircham, under Rougham. Acres, 3,606. Real property, £2,483. Pop., 489. Houses, 86. The property mostly belongs to the Marquis of Cholmondeley. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £514.* Patron, A. Hamond, Esq. 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: | Bircham CP Great Bircham CP/AP Docking RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
Place names: | BIRCHAM | BIRCHAM GREAT | GREAT BIRCHAM |
Place: | Great Bircham |
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