Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WILBY

WILBY, a parish in Guiltcross district, Norfolk; 1 mile E of Eccles-Road r. station, and 4 SSW of Attleborough. Post town, Attleborough. Acres, 1,400. Real property, £1,769. Pop., 98. Houses, 23. The manor belongs to Sir T. B. Beevor, Bart. The living is a rectory, united with Hargham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £390.* Patron, J. Goodacre, Esq. The church is old.


(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: Wilby AP/CP       Guiltcross RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Wilby

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