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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Clackclose like this:
CLACKCLOSE, a Hundred in Norfolk. It lies around Downham and Swaffham; marches, at the SW end, with Cambridgeshire; extends thence 24½ miles to the ENE; and contains thirty parishes and parts of two others. Acres, 98, 100. Pop. in 1851, 22, 269; in 1861, 21, 420. Houses, 4, 600.
Clackclose is now part of KINGS LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how KINGS LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Clackclose itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Clackclose, in Kings Lynn and West Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24751
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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