Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for REEDHAM

REEDHAM, a village and a parish in Blofield district, Norfolk. The village stands adjacent to the Norwich and Yarmouth railway, at the junction of the branch to Lowestoft, near the river Yare, 8¼ miles S E by E of Yarmouth; and has a station with telegraph at the railway junction, and a post-office under Norwich. The parish includes a detached tract of marsh, and comprises 3, 328acres. Real property, £6,022; of which £50 are inquarries. Pop., 836. Houses, 174. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to H. M. Leathes, Esq. A seat of the kings of East Anglia was here; and Lodbroc, or Lothbroch, the Dane, landed here in a storm. There are mills, lime-kilns, a foundry, a brick-field, and a ferry over the Yare. Foundations of a Roman pharo were discovered on a low cliff. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Freethorpe, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £607.* Patron, H. M. Leathes, Esq. The church is ancient but good. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Reedham AP/CP       Blofield RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Reedham

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