Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WAXHAM

WAXHAM, a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk; on the coast, 11 miles ESE of North Walsham r. station. Post town, Stalham, under Norwich. Acres, 2,087; of which 125 are water. Real property, £2,493. Pop., 75. Houses, 14. The living is a rectory, united with Palling, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £330. Patron, H. J. Conyers, Esq. The church is ancient.


(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: Waxham CP/AP       Smallburgh RegD/Inc/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Waxham

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