A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
HAUTBOIS (Great), vulgarly Hobbies, a parish in Aylsham district, Norfolk; on the river Bure, adjoining Coltishall, and 8 miles NNE of Norwich r. station. Post town, Coltishall, under Norwich. Acres, 610. Real property, £1, 311. Pop., 195. Houses, 41. The principal landowners are Lord Suffield and Sir H. T. Durrant, Bart.; and the former is lord of the manor. An hospital for poor travellers was founded, in the time of Henry III., by Sir Peter de Alto Bosco, or Hautbois, at the head of what was called Hautbois causeway. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £218. Patron, the Rev. J.Girling. The old church having fallen into decay, a new one, on a better site, was built in 1864, at a cost of £1, 200.
(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: | Great Hautbois AP/CP Aylsham RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place names: | GREAT HAUTBOIS | HAUTBOIS | HAUTBOIS GREAT | HOBBIES |
| Place: | Great Hautbois |
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