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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Starston like this:
STARSTON, a parish, with a village, in Depwade district, Norfolk; 1½ mile N by W of Harleston r. station. Post town, Harleston. Acres, 2,244. Real property, £3,885. Pop., 481. Houses, 103. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £663. Patron, the Ven. Archdeacon Hopper. The church is good. There are a national school, and charities £15.
Starston 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 Starston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Starston, in South Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2920
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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