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.
BARSHAM (East), a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; adjacent to the Norfolk railway, 2½ miles N of Fakenham. Post Town, Fakenham. Acres, 1,167. Real property, £1,932-Pop., 221. Houses, 44. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Little Snoring, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £645.* Patron, Lord Hastings. The church is old but good. Henry VIII. walked bare-footed from East Barsham to Walsingham, in 1510, to make a votive offering of a necklace.
(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: | Barsham CP East Barsham CP/AP Walsingham RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place names: | BARSHAM | BARSHAM EAST | EAST BARSHAM |
| Place: | East Barsham |
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