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CLACKCLOSE, a Hundred in Norfolk. It lies around Downham and Swaffham; marches, at the SW end, with Cambridgeshire; extends thence 24½ miles to the ENE; and contains thirty parishes and parts of two others. Acres, 98, 100. Pop. in 1851, 22, 269; in 1861, 21, 420. Houses, 4, 600.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a Hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Clackclose |
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