Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ANTINGHAM

ANTINGHAM, a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk; at the source of Ant river, 3 miles NNW of North Walsham r. station, and 16 N of Norwich. Post Town, North Walsham, under Norwich. Acres, 1,509. Real property, £2,166. Pop., 227. Houses, 54. The property is not much divided. There are ecclesiastically two parishes, St. Mary and St. Margaret; and both are rectories in the diocese of Norwich. St. Mary is united with the vicarage of Thorpe-Market and the donative of Bradfield. Value, £262. Patron, Lord Suffield. The church is a structure of flint, in good condition; and has a brass of Calthorpe. St. Margaret is annexed to the vicarage of North Walsham; and the church is in ruins. Charities, two coombs of wheat.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Antingham AP/CP       Erpingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Antingham

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