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Walsingham, Great

WALSINGHAM, GREAT, a parish, in the union of Walsingham, hundred of North Greenhoe, W. division of Norfolk, 1 mile (N. by E.) from Little Walsingham; comprising the ancient parishes of All Saints and St. Peter, and containing 426 inhabitants. This place, which is also called Old Walsingham, was formerly of considerable importance. The parish is situated in the valley of the Stiffkey river, on the road from Fakenham to Wells; and comprises 2407a. 2r. 24p., of which about 2250 acres are arable, 100 meadow and pasture, and 50 woodland: the scenery is pleasing. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £100; patron and impropriator, the Rev. D. H. Lee Warner: the tithes were commuted for land in 1808. The church is in the later English style of architecture, with a square embattled tower at the west end, and is remarkable for its fine proportions. In the year 1658, from 40 to 50 Roman urns were dug up in a field near the village; and coins of the same people have been frequently discovered.

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

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