Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GLANDFORD

GLANDFORD, a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk; on the river Glaven, and near the coast, 3 miles NW of Holt, and 8 ESE of Wells r. station. Post town, Blakeney, under Thetford. Acres, 364. Real property, with Beyfield, £1, 663. Pop., 74. Houses, 17. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Blakeney, in the diocese of Norwich. The church was long in ruins, but was partly rebuilt in 1840; and it has a picturesque, ivy-clad tower.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Glandford AP       Erpingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Glandford

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