WALPOLE-ST. PETER, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district of Wisbeach and county of Norfolk. The village stands near W. r. station, 8¾ miles W by S of Lynn; and has a post-office under WisBeach. The parish comprises 6,982 acres. Real property, £15,776. Pop. in 1851, 1,361; in 1861, 1,252. Houses, 283. The manor belongs to the Rev.H. Townshend. Bricks and tiles are made. The Roman sea-wall crosses the parish, and Roman relics have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £1,187.* Patron, the Crown. The church is later English. A chapel of ease is at Marshland Fen; and there are two Methodist chapels, an endowed school with £100 a year, alms houses with £82, and other charities £116.—The sub-district contains three parishes and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 15,695. Pop., 2,925. Houses, 649.

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