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ELLINGHAM (Great), a village and a parish in Wayland district, Norfolk. The village stands 2 miles NE of Attleborough r. station; and has a post office under A. The parish comprises 2, 670 acres. Real property, £5, 676. Pop., 717. Houses, 182. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Little Ellingham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £735.* Patron, Samuel Colby, Esq. The church is good; and has a tower and spire. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans. Rack, the collaborateur of Collinson in the "History of Somerset, " was a native.
(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: | Great Ellingham Parish Wayland Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place names: | ELLINGHAM | ELLINGHAM GREAT | GREAT ELLINGHAM |
| Place: | Great Ellingham |
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