Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EDGEFIELD

EDGEFIELD, a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk; 3 miles S of Holt, and 10½ E of Walsingham r. station. Post town, Holt, under Thetford. Acres, 2, 435. Real property, £3, 576. Pop., 624. Houses, 148. A large wood here was recently cleared. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £574.* Patron, John Marcon, Esq. The church is ancient but good, and has an octagonal tower. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a national school.


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

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

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