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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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CRESSINGHAM (Great), a parish in Swaff ham district, Norfolk; on the river Wissey, 4¼ miles W by N of Watton, and 6 SSE of Swaff ham r. station. It has a post office under Thetford. Acres, 2, 424. Real property, £3, 318. Pop., 530. Houses, 105. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged, at Domesday, to the Bishops of Thetford; and, toward the end of the 15th century, to the Jepsons. The manor-house is a structure of the latter date; retains some of its original parts and features; and is coated with tracery in terracotta. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Bodney, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £607.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church has a rude screen of German character, and three brasses; and is tolerable. A hermitage chapel formerly stood at Stone-close. A fair is held on the first Wednesday of Aug. There are a national school, and charities £45.
(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 Cressingham AP/CP Norfolk AncC |
| Place names: | CRESSINGHAM | CRESSINGHAM GREAT | GREAT CRESSINGHAM |
| Place: | Great Cressingham |
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