A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HECKINGHAM, a parish in Loddon district, Norfolk; on an affluent of the river Yare, 2 miles E of Loddon, and 3½ SW by W of Reedham r. station. Post town, Loddon, under Norwich. Acres, 1, 102. Real property, £1, 623. Pop., 317. Houses, 36. The property is divided among a few. Heckingham Hall is a chief residence. Loddon workhouse, which can admit 600 inmates, but had only 162 at the Census of 1861, is here. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Hales, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is ancient but good; and has a circular tower, surmounted by an octagonal turret. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and charities £5.
(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: | Heckingham CP/AP Loddon and Clavering RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Heckingham |
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