Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STANFORD

STANFORD, a parish, with a village, in Swaffham district, Norfolk; 7 miles NE of Brandon r. station. Post town, Brandon. Acres, 2,608. Real property, £1,166. Pop., 200. Houses, 31. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £80. Patron, the Bishop of N. The church was recently rebuilt.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stanford CP/AP       Swaffham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Stanford

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