A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
FORNCETT-ST. PETER, a parish in Depwade district, Norfolk; near Forncett r. station, 2½ miles W of Long Stratton. Post town, Forncett, under Long Stratton. Acres, 1,828. Real property, £4, 855; of which £69 are on the railway. Pop., 665. Houses, 148. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £587.* Patron, the Earl of Effingham. The church is good; and there are chapels for Baptists and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and town-lands with £10 a year.
(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: | Forncett St Peter CP/Ch Depwade RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Forncett |
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