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BALE, or Bathley, a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; 4½ miles E by N of Walsingham r. station. Post Town, Holt under Thetford. Acres, 1,041. Real property, £1,850. Pop., 227. Houses, 50. The property is not much divided. The living is a rectory, an nexed to the rectory of Gunthorpe, in the diocese of Norwich. The church was restored in 1864. Charities, £15.
(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: | Bale Parish Walsingham Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place names: | BALE | BALE OR BATHLEY | BATHLEY |
| Place: | Bale |
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