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FRANSHAM (Little), a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; on the East Anglian railway, near Fransham station, 5¾ miles ENE of Swaffham. Post town, Great Fransham, under Thetford. Acres, 1, 029. Real property, £1, 975. Pop., 256. Houses, 53. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £400.* Patron, the Rev. A. W. Langton. The church is early English, without a tower; and contains a curious font and a piscina. There are a Church school and a fuel allotment.
(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: | Little Fransham Parish Mitford and Launditch Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place names: | FRANSHAM | FRANSHAM LITTLE | LITTLE FRANSHAM |
| Place: | Little Fransham |
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