Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NORMANSBURGH

NORMANSBURGH, a place in South Rainham parish, Norfolk; 6½ miles W by S of Litcham. A Cluniac monastery, a cell to Castle-Acre priory, was founded here, in 1160, by William de Lisenes.


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

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Feature Description: "a place"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Norfolk Ancient County

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