In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cantley like this:
CANTLEY, a parish in Blofield district, Norfolk; on the river Yare and the Yarmouth railway, 10 miles ESE of Norwich. It has a station on the railway and a post office under Norwich. Acres, 1,850. Real property, £2,862. Pop., 235. Houses, 49. Cantley House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £203.* Patron, W. A. Gilbert, Esq.
Cantley through time
Cantley is now part of Broadland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Broadland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cantley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cantley, in Broadland and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3371
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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