A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SHROPHAM, a village, a parish, and a hundred, in Norfolk. The village stands 3 miles NW of Eccles-Road r. station, and 4¼ N by W of East Harling; and was once a market-town. The parish comprises 2,678 acres, and is in Wayland district. Post town, Thetford. Real property, £3,368. Pop., 510. Houses, 118. S. Hall is the seat of T. W. Budd, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £298.* Patrons, the Corporation of Norwich. The church is good; and there are a Primitive Methodist chape1, and charities £48.- The hundred contains 21 parishes. Acres, 47,585. Pop., 8,906. Houses, 1,972.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Shropham AP/CP Shropham Hundred Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Shropham |
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