Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FLORDON

FLORDON, a parish in Henstead district, Norfolk; on the Eastern Union railway, near the river Yare, 7½ miles S by W of Norwich. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Long Stratton. Acres, 929. Real property, £1, 737. Pop., 163. Houses, 36. The property is divided among a few. Flordon Hall is the seat of Sir W. R. Kemp, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, not reported. Patron, Sir W. R. Kemp, Bart. The church is tolerable; and there are charities £7.


(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: Flordon CP/AP       Henstead RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Flordon

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