Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEATISHEAD

NEATISHEAD, a village and a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk. The village stands 1½ mile N of the river Bure, and 10 N E of Norwich r. station; and has a post-office under Norwich. The parish comprises 1, 905acres. Real property, £3 799. Pop. in 1851, 731; in 1861, 580. Houses, 142. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Bishop of Norwich. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £200. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is ancient, in fair condition; and a gallerywas erected in it in 1840. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £58.


(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: Neatishead AP/CP       Smallburgh RegD/Inc/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Neatishead

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