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509:(c.1220) stating that the mother church of Gaulby serves the Frisby community 3 days a week from a chapel in the hamlet. The chapel was dedicated to St James, which was forgotten until bequests to the chapel of St James were discovered listed in wills dating from the early 1530s. However, there is no mention of St James after 1533, supporting the notion that the
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listed a population of 23 in Frisby, and only 5 houses remained standing by 1831. By the 1870s, the hamlet listed 4 houses, along with 19 residents which reduced even further by 1931 with a population of only 12 residents.
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