Swaffham, a market-town of Norfolk, 15 miles SE. of Lynn. It has a cruciform Perpendicular church (1474) of great beauty, a corn-hall (1858), and an ugly market-cross (1783). Pop. (1851) 3858; (1891) 3636.
Swaffham
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 825
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