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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HEYDON, a village and a parish in Aylsham district, Norfolk. The village stands on an affluent of the river Wensum, 5 miles W by N of Aylsham, and 9½ ENE of Elmham r. station; and has a post office under Norwich. The parish comprises 1, 942 acres. Real property, £1, 799. Pop., 302. Houses, 60. The manor belonged formerly to the Earles, and belongs now to W. E. L. Bulwer, Esq. Heydon Hall is a Tudor mansion of 1584; was recently restored and improved; and stands in a wooded park of about 400 acres. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Irmingland, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £290.* Patron, W. E. L. Bulwer, Esq. The church has a lofty embattled tower, with pinnacles; is in good condition; and contains an altar tomb of Erasmus Earle, serjeant-at-law to Cromwell. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Heydon CP/AP Aylsham RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Heydon |
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