In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Colveston like this:
COLVESTON, a parish in Swaffham district, Norfolk; on the river Wissey, 6 ½ miles N by W of Brandon r. station. Post town, Stoke-Ferry, under Brandon. Acres, 861. Real property, £488. Pop., 59. Houses, 9. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Diddlington, in the diocese of Norwich. There is no church.
Colveston through time
Colveston is now part of Breckland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Breckland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Colveston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Colveston, in Breckland and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6037
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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