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SAXTHORPE, a parish, with a village, in Aylsham district, Norfolk; on the river Bure, 5¼ miles N W of Aylsham, and 11 E by N of Ryburgh r. station. Post-town, Reepham, under Norwich. Acres, 2, 113. Real property, £2, 572. Pop., 328. Houses, 70. The manor belongs to the Earl of Orford. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £139.* Patron, Pembroke College, Cambridge. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Saxthorpe Parish Aylsham Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Saxthorpe |
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