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SEDGEFORD, a parish, with a village and a hamlet, in Docking district, Norfolk; on the West Norfolk Junction railway, 12½ miles N N E of Lynn. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Lynn. Acres, 4, 180. Real property, £5, 268. Pop., 742. Houses, 158. S. Hall belongs to F. Rolfe, Esq., and is occupied by J. W. Howlett, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £330.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The church was restored in 1842. There are Wesleyan, P. Methodist, and NewMethodist chapels, a national school, a circulating library, and charities £36.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village and a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Sedgeford AP/CP Docking RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
Place: | Sedgeford |
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