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COSTON, a parish in Forehoe district, Norfolk; on the river Blackwater, adjacent to the Norfolk railway, 1½ mile S of Hardingham r. station, and 4½ NW of Wymondham. Post town, Wymondham. Acres, 342. Real property, £485. Pop., 58. Houses, 12. The property is nearly all in one estate. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Runhall, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £103. Patron, alternately the Bishop of Norwich and the Earl of Kimberley. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Coston CP/AP Forehoe RegD/PLU/Inc Norfolk AncC |
Place: | Coston |
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