Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PICKENHAM (South)

PICKENHAM (South), a parish in Swaffham district, Norfolk; on the river Wissey, 4¼ miles S S E of Swaffham r. station. Post-town, Swaffham. Acres, 1,830. Real property, £1, 770. Pop., 159. Houses, 31. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with P. Hall, belongs to E. A. Applewhaite, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £344. Patron, E. A. Applewhaite, Esq. The church is good, has a round tower, and contains monuments of the Chutes.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: South Pickenham CP/AP       Swaffham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: PICKENHAM     |     PICKENHAM SOUTH     |     SOUTH PICKENHAM
Place: South Pickenham

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