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BODNEY, a parish in Swaffham district, Norfolk; on the river Wissey, 5½ miles W by S of Watton, and 7 S by E of Swaffham r. station. Post Town, Great Cressingham, under Thetford. Acres, 2,605. Real property, £1,364. Pop., 117. Houses, 19. The property is divided among a few. Bodney Hall was a retreat of French nuns after the first French revolution. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Great Cressingham, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is good.
(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: | Bodney Parish Swaffham Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Bodney |
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