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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Saxthorpe like this:
SAXTHORPE, a parish, with a village, in Aylsham district, Norfolk; on the river Bure, 5¼ miles N W of Aylsham, and 11 E by N of Ryburgh r. station. Post-town, Reepham, under Norwich. Acres, 2, 113. Real property, £2, 572. Pop., 328. Houses, 70. The manor belongs to the Earl of Orford. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £139.* Patron, Pembroke College, Cambridge. The church is good.
Saxthorpe 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 Saxthorpe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Saxthorpe, in North Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5334
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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