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SPARHAM, a parish, with a village, in Mitford district, Norfolk; 5¼ miles E by S of Elmham r. station. Post town, Norwich. Acres, 1,770. Real property, £2,749. Pop., 353. Houses, 77. Most of the property belongs to the Earl of Leicester. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £548.* Patron, the Rev. H. Lombe. The church is good; and there are two Primitive Methodist chapels and a parochial school.
(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: | Sparham Parish Mitford and Launditch Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Sparham |
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