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BESSINGHAM, or Bassingham, a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk; 4½ miles SW of Cromer, and 15 east of Walsingham r. station. Post Town, Cromer, under Norwich. Acres, 514. Real property, £856. Pop., 153. Houses, 34. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £131. Patron, F. E. Arden, Esq. The church has a round tower, but is bad. The moat-yard, near it, is a fosse-girt tumulus of about ½ an acre.
(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: | Bessingham Parish Erpingham Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place names: | BASSINGHAM | BESSINGHAM | BESSINGHAM OR BASSINGHAM |
| Place: | Bessingham |
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