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BURNHAM-NORTON, a parish in Docking district, Norfolk; 1 mile N of Burnham-Westgate r. station, and 6 W of Wells. Post Town, Burnham, under Lynn. Acres, 3,896; of which 670 are water. Real property, £1,836. Pop., 172. Houses, 42. A Carmelite priory was founded here in 1241, by Sir Ralph de Hampnall and Sir William de Calthorp; and given, at the dissolution, to Lord Cobham. Bale, the historian, was prior of it. The living is a divided rectory, annexed partly to the rectory of Burnham-Westgate and partly to that of Burnham-Sutton, in the diocese of Norwich.
(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: | Burnham Norton Parish Docking Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Burnham Norton |
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