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WHISSONSETT, a parish, with a village, in Mitford district, Norfolk; 3½ miles SW of Ryburgh r. station, and 4¼ S of Fakenham. It has a post-office under Swaffham, and a fair on Whit-Wednesday. Acres, 1,344. Real property, £3,126. Pop., 692. Houses, 156. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with Horningtoft, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £714.* Patron, the Rev. E.Kemp. The church was recently much improved: and a new national school was built in 1869.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Whissonsett Parish Mitford and Launditch Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Whissonsett |
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