BURGH-ST. MARGARET AND ST. MARY, a parish in Flegg district, Norfolk; near the river Bure, 4¼ miles NE of Acle, and 7½ NW of Yarmouth r. station. It has a post office of the name of Burgh, under Norwich; and had formerly a market. Acres, 1,655. Real property, £4,110. Pop., 554. Houses, 125. The property is much divided. The living is a double rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £424. Patron, the Rev. W. Lucas. The church of St. Margaret is good; and that of St. Mary is in ruins. There are a dissenting chapel, a national school, and charities £79.

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