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BIRCHAM (Newton), a parish in Docking district, Norfolk; 2 miles S of Docking, and 9½ W by N of Fakenham r. station. Post Town, Bircham, under Rougham. Acres, 1,128. Real property, £959. Pop., 118. Houses, 20. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Bircham-Tofts, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £434.* Patron, the Marquis of Cholmondeley. 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: | Bircham Newton Parish Docking Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place names: | BIRCHAM | BIRCHAM NEWTON | NEWTON BIRCHAM |
| Place: | Bircham Newton |
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