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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Earlham like this:
EARLHAM, a parish in Norwich district, Norfolk; on the river Yare, near the Norfolk railway, 2 miles W of Norwich. Post town, Norwich. Acres, with Norwich city. Real property, £1, 845. Pop., 195. Houses, 35. The property is divided among a few. Earlham House is the seat of the Gurneys. The living is a vicarage, united with the donative of Bowthorpe, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, not reported. Patron, MrsFra The church is very good.
Earlham is now part of NORWICH District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORWICH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Earlham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Earlham, in Norwich and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20260
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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