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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Briningham like this:
BRININGHAM, a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; 4 miles SW of Holt, and 7 ESE of Walsingham r. station. It has a post office under Thetford. Acres, 1,041. Real property, £2,413. Pop., 206. Houses, 51. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, not reported. Patron, the Rev. S. Brereton. The church is tolerable.
Briningham is now part of NORTH NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Briningham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Briningham, in North Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4750
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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