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SHELFANGER, a parish, with a village, in Guiltcross district, Norfolk: 2½ miles W of Burston r. station, and 2½ NN W of Diss. Post town, Diss. Acres, 1,719. Real property, £3,002. Pop., 370. Houses, 82. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £543. Patron, A. Smith, Esq. The church is old but good. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, and charities £32.
(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: | Shelfanger Parish Guiltcross Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Shelfanger |
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