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SWAINSTHORPE, a parish, with a r. station, in Henstead district, Norfolk; on the Great Eastern railway, 4¼ miles SSW of Norwich. Post town, Stoke Holy Cross, under Norwich. Acres, 821. Real property, £1,589. Pop. in 1861, 338; of whom 91 were in Henstead workhouse. Houses, 44. The property is divided among five. The living is a rectory, united with Newton-Flotman, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £630.* Patron, R. K. Long, Esq. The church is good; and there was anciently another church.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a r station" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Swainsthorpe Parish Henstead Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Swainsthorpe |
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