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Thelnetham (St. Nicholas)

THELNETHAM (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Thetford, hundred of Blackbourn, W. division of Suffolk, 6 miles (S. S. E.) from East Harling; containing 561 inhabitants. It is bounded on the north by the Lesser Ouse, which separates the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £16. 18. 4.; net income, £508; patron, the Rev. E. H. Sawbridge. There is a glebe of about 22 acres, with a commodious house erected in 1840 by the patron. The church is in the decorated style, and has an embattled tower; in the south aisle is a handsome marble monument to the memory of Henry Bokenham, Esq., and his lady. An allotment of 28 acres of land, now let for £32. 12. per annum, was appropriated to parochial purposes under an inclosure act in 1821, together with another of about 40 acres for cutting turf.

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

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