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Bible Encyclopedias
Dereham
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(properly East Dereham), a market town in the Mid parliamentary division of Norfolk, England, 122 m. N.N.E. from London by the Great Eastern railway. Pop. of urban district (1901) 5545. The church of St Nicholas is a cruciform Perpendicular structure with a beautiful central tower, and some portions of earlier date. It contains a monument to William Cowper, who came to live here in 1796, and the Congregational chapel stands on the site of the house where the poet spent his last days. Dereham is an important agricultural centre with works for the manufacture of agricultural implements, iron foundries and a malting industry.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Dereham'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/dereham.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Dereham'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/dereham.html. 1910.
