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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burgh like this:
BURGH-NEXT-AYLSHAM, or Burgh-St.-Peter, a parish in Aylsham district,.Norfolk; on the river Bure, 2 miles SE of Aylsham, near the line of the projected railway from Norwich to Cromer, and 11½ N of Norwich. Post Town, Aylsham, under Norwich. Acres, 789. Real property, £1,857. Pop., 227. Houses, 54. The property is divided between three. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, not reported. Patron, J. H. Holly, Esq. The church is good.
Burgh is now part of BROADLAND District. Click here for graphs and data of how BROADLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Burgh itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burgh, in Broadland and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2263
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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