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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Breckles like this:
BRECKLES, a parish in Wayland district, Norfolk; 44 miles N by W of Harling Road r. station, and 5 SSE ½ of Watton. Post Town, Hockham, under Thetford. Acres, 1,860.-. Real property, £1,330. Pop., 130. Houses, 30. The property is all in one estate.-The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £45. Patron, Sir. E. Kerrison, Bart. The church was restored in 1862. There is a national school.
Breckles is now part of BRECKLAND District. Click here for graphs and data of how BRECKLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Breckles itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Breckles, in Breckland and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2311
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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