Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BECKHAM (East)

BECKHAM (East), a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk; 4 miles WSW of Cromer, and 14 E by N of Walsingham r. station. Post Town, Lower Sherringham, under Norwich. Acres, 782. Real property, £608. Pop., 73. Houses, 17. The living is a sinecure in the diocese. of Norwich; and the church has been long in ruins.


(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: East Beckham Parish       Erpingham Poor Law Union/Registration District       Norfolk Ancient County
Place names: BECKHAM     |     BECKHAM EAST     |     EAST BECKHAM
Place: East Beckham

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