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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Bircham like this:
BIRCHAM (Great), a parish in Docking district, Norfolk; 3 miles S of Docking, and 9 ½ W by N of Fakenham r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Bircham, under Rougham. Acres, 3,606. Real property, £2,483. Pop., 489. Houses, 86. The property mostly belongs to the Marquis of Cholmondeley. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £514.* Patron, A. Hamond, Esq. The church is good.
Great Bircham is now part of KINGS LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how KINGS LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Bircham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Bircham, in Kings Lynn and West Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3115
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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