Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SWANNINGTON

SWANNINGTON, a parish in St. Faith district, Norfolk; 9 miles NW of Norwich r. station. Post town, Norwich. Acres, 1,433. Real property, £2,308. Pop., 385. houses, 84. The property is divided among six. The living is a rectory, united with Wood-Dalling, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £531.* Patron, Trinity Hall, Cambridge. The church is good; and there are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and charities £13.


(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: Swannington CP/AP       Norfolk AncC
Place: Swannington

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