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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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LYNN (WEST), a village and a parish in Lynn district, Norfolk. The village stands on the Ouse, opposite Lynn; and has a station on the L. and Sutton-Bridge railway, and a post office under Lynn. The parish comprises 1,619 acres. Real property, £6,479. Pop. in 1851,1,098; in 1861,469. Houses, 112. The decrease of pop. was caused partly by removal of labourers employed on the Norfolk-Estuary works. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £400. * Patron, the Rev.H. Townsend. The church is chiefly later English; succeeded an ancient one which was swept away by an inundation in 1271; consists of nave and transepts, with a tower; has a memorial E window of 1849 to Amelia Walker; and contains an ancient octagonal font, and a fine brass of 1503. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, a national school, and charities £12.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | West Lynn CP/AP Norfolk AncC |
| Place names: | LYNN | LYNN WEST | WEST LYNN |
| Place: | West Lynn |
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