A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
EMNETH, a parish in the district of Wisbeach and county of Norfolk; on the verge of the county, the Wisbeach canal, and the Wisbeach and Lynn railway, 2¼ miles SE of Wisbeach. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Wisbeach. Acres, 3, 449. Real property, £8, 530. Pop., 1, 023. Houses, 247. The surface is fenny. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The church is ancient; has a square tower; and contains an altar-tomb of Sir Thomas Howard. There are chapels for Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and U. Free Methodists. There is also a town land charity of 1¼ acre.
(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: | Emneth Ch/CP/Hmlt Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Emneth |
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