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COCKLEY-CLEY, a parish in Swaffham district, Norfolk; on an affluent of the river Wissey, 4 miles SW by S of Swaffham r. station. Post town, Swaffham. Acres, 4, 312. Real property, £1, 708. Pop., 263. Houses, 51. The property is divided among a few. Cockley-Cley House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £158. Patron, T. R. Buckworth, Esq. The church is early English and good: and there are charities £16.
(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: | Cockley Cley Parish Swaffham Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Cockley Cley |
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