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HORSFORD, a village and a parish in St. Faith district, Norfolk. The village stands on an affluent of the river Bure, 5 miles NNW of Norwich r. station; and is irregular and wide. The parish comprises 4, 177 acres. Post town, St. Faith's, under Norwich. Real property, £4, 420. Pop., 665. Houses, 155. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Sir-Thomas B. Lennard. Traces exist of an ancient moated castle of the Fitzwalters de Cadomo. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £220. * Patron, Viscount Ranelagh. The church is ancient, and was recently repewed. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a fuel allotment.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Horsford Parish Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Horsford |
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