Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COCKLEY-CLEY

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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