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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described South Raynham like this:
RAINHAM (South), a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; on the river Wensum, 4½ miles S W of Fakenham r. station. Post-town, Rougham, under Brandon. Acres, 1,040. Real property, £2, 319. Pop., 129. Houses, 27. The property belongs to Marquis Townshend. A Cluniac priory, a cell to Castle-Acre, was founded here in 1160 by William de Lisewes. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Helhoughton, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is old.
South Raynham is now part of NORTH NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about South Raynham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of South Raynham, in North Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4672
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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