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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.
HEMSBY, a village and a parish in Flegg district, Norfolk. The village stands on the coast, opposite Hemsby Gat, 6½ miles N by W of Yarmouth r. station; and has a post office under Yarmouth, Norfolk. The parish comprises 1, 710 acres of land, and 75 of water. Real property, £4, 411. Pop., 664. Houses, 150. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to R. Copeman, Esq. There is a lake of about 55 acres. Hemsby Gat is a channel, 3½ miles long and ½ a mile wide, across the Barber Sand. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £175. * Patron, R. Copeman, Esq. The church is ancient but good. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £46.
(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: | Hemsby CP/AP East and West Flegg RegD/PLU/Inc Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Hemsby |
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