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FRANSHAM, or Frensham, or Great Fransham, a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; on the East Anglian railway, 6¼ miles NE by E of Swaffham. It has a station of the name of Fransham, on the railway, and a post office, of the name of Great Fransham, under Thetford. Acres, 1, 901. Real property, £3, 619. Pop., 295. Houses, 66. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £504.* Patron, Magdalene College, Cambridge. The church is ancient, and has several brasses. There is a fuel allotment, worth £14 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: | Fransham Parish Great Fransham Parish Mitford and Launditch Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place names: | FRANSHAM | FRANSHAM OR FRENSHAM OR GREAT FRANSHAM | FRENSHAM | GREAT FRANSHAM |
| Place: | Great Fransham |
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