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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thorpe Abbots like this:
THORPE-ABBOTS, a parish in Depwade district, Norfolk; 3¾ miles E of Diss r. station. Post town, Scole. Acres, 1,122. Real property, £1,819. Pop., 256. Houses, 55. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £305.* Patron, J. P. Reade, Esq. The church is good. Charities, £9.
Thorpe Abbots 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 Thorpe Abbots itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorpe Abbots, in South Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5580
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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