Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THURNING

THURNING, a parish in Aylsham district, Norfolk; 7½ miles NE of Elmham r. station. Post town, Foulsham, under Thetford. Acres, 1,584. Real property, £2,229. Pop., 178. Houses, 34. T. Hall is the seat of J. Gay, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £350.* Patron, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The church is good.


(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: Thurning AP/CP       Aylsham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Thurning

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