Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BAWBURGH

BAWBURGH, a parish in Forehoe district, Norfolk; on the river Yare, 5e miles W of Norwich r. station. Post Town, Colney, under Norwich. Acres, 1,440. Real property, £3,604. Pop., 433. Houses, 92. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £120. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The church has a round tower, an old font, and a brass of 1531; and is good. St. Walstan was a native.


(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: Bawburgh CP/AP       Forehoe RegD/PLU/Inc       Norfolk AncC
Place: Bawburgh

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