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TOFT-MONKS, a parish, with a village, in Loddon district, Norfolk; 3 miles NNE of Beccles r. station. It has a post-office under Beccles. Acres, 2,238. Real property, £4,449. Pop., 427. Houses, 91. The manor belongs to Kings College, Cambridge. An alien priory was founded here in the time of Henry I.; became annexed to Witham monastery; and went, in the time of Edward I., to Kings College, Cambridge. The living is a rectory, annexed to Haddiscoe. The church is good. Charities, £31.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Tofts Monks CP/AP Loddon and Clavering RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
Place: | Tofts Monks |
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