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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shelfanger like this:
SHELFANGER, a parish, with a village, in Guiltcross district, Norfolk: 2½ miles W of Burston r. station, and 2½ NN W of Diss. Post town, Diss. Acres, 1,719. Real property, £3,002. Pop., 370. Houses, 82. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £543. Patron, A. Smith, Esq. The church is old but good. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, and charities £32.
Shelfanger is now part of SOUTH NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTH NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Shelfanger itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shelfanger, in South Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2621
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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