In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Thorpe Hamlet like this:

Thorpe, township and eccl. dist. (Thorpe St Matthew), Thorpe St Andrew par., Norfolk, in bor. of Norwich, 730 ac., pop. 2864; P.O., called Thorpe Hamlet.

Thorpe Hamlet through time

Thorpe Hamlet is now part of NORWICH District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORWICH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thorpe Hamlet itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorpe Hamlet, in Norwich and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23795

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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