Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BARFORD

BARFORD, a parish in Forehoe district, Norfolk; on the river Yare, 5 miles NNW of Wymondham r. station, and 9 W of Norwich. Post Town, Barnham-Broom under Wymondham. Acres, 1,052. Real property, £22,506. Pop., 419. Houses, 94. The property is sub-divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £288. Patron, Skinner Turner, Esq. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels.


(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: Barford Parish       Forehoe Poor Law Union/Registration District       Norfolk Ancient County
Place: Barford

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