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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HEMPTON, a village and a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk. The village stands on the river Wensum, V a mile S of Fakenham r. station; is suburban to Fakenham; had an Augustinian priory, of the time of Henry I.; was once a market town; and has cattle fairs on Whit-Tuesday, the 1st Wednesday of Sept., and 22 Nov. The parish comprises 560 acres. Real property, £1, 566. Pop., 459. Houses, 97. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Townshend. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, not reported.* Pa. tron, the Crown. The church is recent.
(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: | Hempton CP/AP Walsingham RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Hempton |
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