Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PENSTHORPE

PENSTHORPE, a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; on the river Wensum, 2 miles E S E of Fakenham r. station. Post-town, Fakenham. Acres, 753. Real property, £900. Pop., 12. Houses, 2. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £50. Patrons, Trustees. There is no church.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Pensthorpe Parish       Walsingham Poor Law Union/Registration District       Norfolk Ancient County
Place: Pensthorpe

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