British Place Names

Castle Acre, Norfolk

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Castle Acre is a village in Norfolk

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Castle Acre within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Castle Acre in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Castle Acre, par. and vil., W. Norfolk, on river Nar, 4 miles NW. of Swaffham, 3249 ac., pop. 1335; P.O., T.O.; has extensive ruins of a castle and priory founded by the Earl of Warrenne in 1085.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Acre, Castle, par., 4 miles N. of Swaffham, W. Norfolk, 3249 ac., pop. 1335.

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