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.
BILLINGFORD, a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; on the river Wensum, 1½ mile ESE of Elmham r. station, and 3½ SSW of Foulsham. It has a post office under Thetford. Acres, 1,820. Real property, £2,337. Pop., 354. Houses, 74. The manor belongs to the Earl of Leicester. An hospital for poor travellers was founded at Beckhall here, in the time of Henry III., by William Beck. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £360.* Patron, the Earl of Leicester. The church is good. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a national school.
(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: | Billingford CP/AP Mitford and Launditch RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Billingford |
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