Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LAUNDITCH

LAUNDITCH, a hundred in Norfolk; nearly in the centre of the county; bounded by the hundreds of Gallow, Eynsford, Mitford, South Greenhoe, and FreebridgeLynn; and containing the two Dunham parishes, thirtytwo other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 56, 978. Pop. in 1851, 13, 561; in 1861, 13, 177. Houses, 2, 804.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Norfolk AncC
Place: Launditch

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