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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wellingham like this:
WELLINGHAM, a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; 6 miles SW of Fakenham r. station. Post town, Litcham, under Swaffham. Acres, 1,066. Real property, £1,279. Pop., 145. Houses, 33. The property is divided between two. The living is a rectory, annexed to Tittleshall. The church is plain. Charities, £16.
Wellingham is now part of BRECKLAND District. Click here for graphs and data of how BRECKLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wellingham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wellingham, in Breckland and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2254
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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