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THORNAGE, a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk; 8 miles E of Walsingham r. station. Post town, Holt, under Thetford. Acres, 1,266. Real property, £2,582. Pop., 358. Houses, 83. The manor belongs to Lord Hastings. There are a brass and iron foundry, and an agricultural-instrument manufactory. The living is a rectory, united with Brinton, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £467.* Patron, Lord Hastings. The church is chiefly early English; and there is a Baptist chapel.
(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: | Thornage AP/CP Erpingham RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
Place: | Thornage |
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