A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
SOUTHERY, a parish, with a village, in Downham district, Norfolk; on the river Ouse, 3 miles SE of Hilgay r. station, and 5½ S of Downham-Market. It has a post-office under Downham. Acres, 3,695. Real property, £7,174. Pop., 1,164. Houses, 251. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £700.* Patron, the Rev. E. Hall. The church was built in 1865, and is in the Grecian style. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, and a national school.
(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: | Southery AP/CP Downham RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Southery |
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