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WIGHTON, a parish, with a village, in Walsingham district, Norfolk; 2 miles N by E of Walsingham r. station. Post town, New Walsingham, under Fakenham-Acres, 2,932. Real property, £3,262. Pop., 612. Houses, 131. The manor belongs to the Earl of Leicester. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, not reported. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of N. The church is good. Charities, £85.
(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: | Wighton AP/CP Walsingham RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
Place: | Wighton |
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