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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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BILNEY (East), a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; 3 miles WSW of Elmham r. station, and 5 NNW of East Dereham. It has a post office under Swaffham. Acres, 544. Real property, £1,004. Pop., 198. Houses, 43. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Beetley, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £642. Patron, W. Collison, Esq. The church is good. Bilney, the martyr, burned at Norwich in 1531, 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: | East Bilney CP/AP Mitford and Launditch RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place names: | BILNEY | BILNEY EAST | EAST BILNEY |
| Place: | East Bilney |
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