Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FRETTENHAM

FRETTENHAM, a parish in St. Faith district, Norfolk; 2 miles WSW of Coltishall, and 6½ NNE of Norwich r. station. Post town, Coltishall, under Norwich. Acres, 1, 581. Real property, £2, 537. Pop., 221. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Staining-hall, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £395.* Patron, Lord Suffield. The church is ancient. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a national school. A fair is. held on the first Monday of April.


(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: Frettenham CP/AP       Norfolk AncC
Place: Frettenham

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