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ECCLES, or Eccles-next-the-Sea, a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk; on the coast, 9 miles ESE of North Walsham r. station, and 18 NE of Norwich. Post town, Happisburgh, under Norwich. Acres, 397; of which 100 are water. Real property, with Hempstead, £2, 204. Pop., 28. Houses, 7. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £75. Patron, the Rev. H. Lombe. The church was destroyed by the sea in 1605.
(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: | Eccles CP/AP Smallburgh RegD/Inc/PLU Norfolk AncC |
Place names: | ECCLES | ECCLES NEXT THE SEA | ECCLES OR ECCLES NEXT THE SEA |
Place: | Eccles Next the Sea |
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