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Volume 21 · 60 words · 1842 Edition

a market-town of the county of Norfolk, in the hundred of North Greenhoe, 118 miles from London. It stands on the shore of the German Ocean, has a small port and custom-house, but the trade is inconsiderable. The population, including that of the parish, which extends far beyond the town, amounted in 1821 to 2950, and in 1831 to 3624.