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STIFFKEY, a parish, with a village, in Walsingham district, Norfolk; on S. river to the coast, 3½ miles E by S of Wells r. station. It has a post-office under Wells, Norfolk. Acres, 3,912; of which 1,685 are water. Real property, £2,775. Pop., 513. Houses, 109. The property is divided among a few. Warborough Hilland Camping Hill were anciently entrenched. The living is a double rectory, united with Morston, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £687.* Patron, Marquis Townshend. There were two churches; and the one is in ruins,-the other old.
(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: | Stiffkey Parish Walsingham Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Stiffkey |
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