Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRECKLES

BRECKLES, a parish in Wayland district, Norfolk; 44 miles N by W of Harling Road r. station, and 5 SSE ½ of Watton. Post Town, Hockham, under Thetford. Acres, 1,860.-. Real property, £1,330. Pop., 130. Houses, 30. The property is all in one estate.-The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £45. Patron, Sir. E. Kerrison, Bart. The church was restored in 1862. There is a national school.


(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: Breckles AP/CP       Wayland RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Breckles

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