Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LEXHAM (WEST)

LEXHAM (WEST), a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; 2¼ miles E of the Peddar way, 3 W of Litcham, and 3¾ NNW of Dunham r. station. Post town, Litcham, under Swaffham. Acres, 1,155. Real property, £992. Pop., 152. Houses, 27. The property belongs to the Earl of Leicester. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £196.* Patron, the Rev. N. Davies. The church is ancient.


(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: West Lexham CP/AP       Mitford and Launditch RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: LEXHAM     |     LEXHAM WEST     |     WEST LEXHAM
Place: West Lexham

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