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Oxborough in Norfolk County England History and GeographyOXBOROUGH, a parish in the southern division of the hundred of GREENHOE, county of NORFOLK, 3 miles (E.N.E.) from Stoke-Ferry, containing 320 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, with the vicarage of Foulden united, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £18. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, is a spacious structure of flint and stone, with a square tower embattled, and surmounted by a lofty spire. The east window exhibits the most striking portions of our Saviour's history, the Virgin Mary, &c., in richly-stained glass, and the roof, composed of oak panels, is curiously carved with various emblems. Attached to the south aisle is a chantry, built in 1573, having a stone screen of the earliest revived Grecian architecture. The small river Wissey runs through the parish, in which are many tumuli, and some pits called Danes' graves. Roman and Saxon coins have been found here, from which, and the remains of a considerable vallum to the north-west of the village, it seems to have been anciently a place of importance. Edward I. granted a market, several fairs, and various other privileges, long since disused. The mansion-house, which much resembles Queen's College, Cambridge, was erected in the same year, and is a fine specimen of the style of architecture that prevailed in the time of Edward IV.; the outer walls stand in a moat supplied by a stream from an adjoining rivulet. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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