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Setchey

SETCHEY, a parish, in the union and hundred of Freebridge-Lynn, W. division of Norfolk, 5 miles (S.) from Lynn; containing 100 inhabitants. It comprises 734 acres, of which 57 are arable, 647 pasture, and 30 common. Here was formerly a market; but it has been removed to Lynn. The navigable river Nar flows through the parish. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of North Runcton. The church has long been demolished; but a school-house, erected by Daniel Gurney, Esq., of North Runcton Hall, has been licensed for the performance of divine service.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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