Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FRAMINGHAM-EARL

FRAMINGHAM-EARL, a parish in Henstead district, Norfolk, 3¾ miles ENE of Swainsthorpe r. station, and 4¾ SE of Norwich. It has a post office under Norwich. Acres, 560. Real property, £1, 218. Pop., 136. Houses, 30. The property is divided. Framingham House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Bixley, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is Norman; has a round tower; and was repaired in 1858. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and a fuel allotment.


(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: Framingham Earl AP/CP       Henstead RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Framingham Earl

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