BACONSTHORPE, or Beaconsthorpe, a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk; 4 miles SE by E of Holt, and 15 E by N of Fakenham r. station. It has a post office under Thetford. Acres, 1,360. Real property, £1,968. Pop., 328. Houses, 67. The property is divided among a few. The old hall, built in 1495, retains a central tower, but is otherwise a ruin. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value not reported.* Patron, J. T. Mott, Esq. The church is later English. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £5.

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