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KNAPTON, a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk; near the coast, 2¾ miles NE of North Walsham, and 17 NNE of Norwich r. station. Post town, North Walsham under Norwich. Acres, 1, 480. Real property, £2, 873. Pop., 310. Houses, 80. The property is subdivided. Knapton House is the seat of Sir Henry Robinson. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £475. Patron, alternately Lord Suffield and Peter's College, Cambridge. The church stands on an eminence; is an ancient edifice, with a tower; and has a superb roof, with richly carved corbels. There is a church school.
(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: | Knapton Parish Erpingham Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Knapton |
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