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BESTHORPE, a parish in Wayland district, Norfolk; on the Roman road and the Norfolk railway, 1 mile E of Attleborough. Post Town, Attleborough. Acres, 2,164. Real property, £3,966. Pop., 554. Houses, 114. The property is divided among a few. The living is a Vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £250. Patron, the Earl of Winterton. 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: | Besthorpe Parish Wayland Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Besthorpe |
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