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.
CREAKE (South), a parish in Docking district, Norfolk; 3½ miles SSE of Burnham-Westgate r. station, and 5¼ W by S of Walsingham. It has a post office under Fakenham. Acres, 4, 146. Real property, £6, 185. Pop., 1, 058. Houses, 213. The property is much sub-divided. There are a Saxon camp and numerous tumuli. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £440.* Patron, the Marquis Townshend. The church has a fine font, and is good; and there are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £38. Bishop Pearson was a native.
(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: | South Creake CP/AP Docking RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place names: | CREAKE | CREAKE SOUTH | SOUTH CREAKE |
| Place: | South Creake |
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