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BARNEY, a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; 5 miles ENE of Fakenham r. station. It has a post office under Thetford. Acres, 1,389. Real property £2,105. Pop., 283. Houses, 73. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Valve, £129.* Patron, Lord Hastings. The church is an old building, with a tower. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans.
(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: | Barney Parish Walsingham Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Barney |
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