Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRININGHAM

BRININGHAM, a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; 4 miles SW of Holt, and 7 ESE of Walsingham r. station. It has a post office under Thetford. Acres, 1,041. Real property, £2,413. Pop., 206. Houses, 51. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, not reported. Patron, the Rev. S. Brereton. The church is tolerable.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Briningham Parish       Walsingham Poor Law Union/Registration District       Norfolk Ancient County
Place: Briningham

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