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.
DEOPHAM, a parish in Forehoe district, Norfolk; 3¼ miles N of Attleborough r. station, and 3¾ W by S of Wymondham. It has a post office, of the name of Deopham-Green, under Wymondham. Acres, 1, 646. Real property, £3, 773. Pop., 483. Houses, 117. The property is much subdivided. A lime-tree, at Deopham-High-Tree, near a petrifying spring, was described by Evelyn as 48 feet in girth at the ground, 36 feet at ½ a yard above, and 25½ at two yards. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £240. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The church is later English; and its chancel was restored in 1864. There are two Primitive Methodist chapels, a national school, and charities £21.
(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: | Deopham CP/AP Forehoe RegD/PLU/Inc Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Deopham |
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