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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Saxlingham like this:
SAXLINGHAM, a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; 8 miles E N E of Walsingham r. station. Its post town is Holt. Acres, 1, 498 Real property, £2, 285. Pop., 156. Houses, 30. The manor belongs to the Rev. Sir E. R. Jodrell, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £474.* Patron, the Rev. Sir E. R. Jodrell, Bart. The church is later English and cruciform. There is a national school.
Saxlingham is now part of NORTH NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Saxlingham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Saxlingham, in North Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2269
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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