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ORMSBY-ST. MICHAEL, or Little Ormsby, a parish in Flegg district, Norfolk; 1½ mile W by N of Ormsby St. Margaret village, and 5½ N N W of Yarmouth r.station. Post-town, Ormsby, under Great Yarmouth. Acres and real property returned with Ormsby, St. Margaret. Pop., 311. Houses, 68. The property is divided among a few. Ormsby Broad is a lake of about 100 acres. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Ormsby, St. Margaret, in the diocese of Norwich. The church consists of nave and chancel with a tower; and contains monuments of the Upchers and the Mannings. There is a church and poors' estate, yielding £42 a year.
(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: | Ormesby St Michael CP/AP East and West Flegg RegD/PLU/Inc Norfolk AncC |
Place names: | LITTLE ORMSBY | ORMSBY ST MICHAEL | ORMSBY ST MICHAEL OR LITTLE ORMSBY |
Place: | Ormesby St Michael |
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