Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SWAFIELD

SWAFIELD, a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk; 2 miles N by E of North Walsham r. station. Post town, North Walsham, under Norwich. Acres, 826. Real property, £1,666. Pop., 172. Houses, 43. S-Hall is the seat of T. Dolphin, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £200.* Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. 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: Swafield AP/CP       Smallburgh RegD/Inc/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Swafield

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