In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Field Dalling like this:
FIELD-DALLING, a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; 5 miles ENE of Walsingham town and r. station. Post town, Bingham, under Wells, Norfolk. Acres, 1, 619. Real property, £3, 028. Pop., 342. Houses, 84. The property is much subdivided. An alien priory, a cell to Savigny, was founded here, in the time of Henry II., by Mande de Harscoyle; was given to Chartreuse, in Coventry; and passed to the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £137. Patron, R. K. Cobbold, Esq. The church is good. There is a poor's estate of 27 acres.
Field Dalling through time
Field Dalling is now part of North Norfolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Norfolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Field Dalling itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Field Dalling in North Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4669
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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