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BROOKE, a parish in Loddon district, Norfolk; on an affluent of the river Yare, 4¾ miles WNW of Loddon, and 6 E of Florden r. station. It has a post office under Norwich. Acres, 2,135. Real property, £4,415. Pop., 746. Houses, 168. The property is divided between two. Brooke Hall and Brooke House are the chief residences; and the former is an edifice in the Grecian style, built in 1830. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £216.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good; and there is a Baptist chapel. Charities, £156. Sir Astley Cooper was a native.
(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: | Brooke Parish Loddon and Clavering Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Brooke |
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