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SCARNING, a parish, with a village, in Mitford district, Norfolk; on the East Anglian railway, near Wendling r. station, and 2½ miles W by S of East Dereham. Post-town, Dereham. Acres, 3, 470. Real property, £6, 274. Pop., 693. Houses, 147. The manor-house isoccupied by a farmer; and the Grange is a chief residence. The living is a rectory and a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £496.* Patron, the Rev. H. Lombe. The church is of the 15th century; and consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and chantry-chapel, with a fine porch and a massive tower. There are an endowed school with £210a year, and charities £15. S C A R R I N G T O N, a parish, with a village, in Bingham district, Notts; 1¼ mile N N W of Aslockton r. station, and 2½ N E by E of Bingham. Post-town, Bingham, under Nottingham. Acres, 910. Real property, £1, 957. Pop., 231. Houses, 46. The manor belongs to T. Watson, Esq. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Orston, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is ancient but good. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Scarning CP/AP Mitford and Launditch RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Scarning |
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