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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Watlington like this:
WATLINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Downham district, Norfolk; on the Lynn and Ely railway, 6 miles S by W of Lynn. It has a post-office under Downham, and a r. station. Acres, 1,709. Real property, £5,022. Pop., 588. Houses, 119. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £492.* Patron, G. Barker, Esq. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £18.
Watlington 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 Watlington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Watlington, in Kings Lynn and West Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6039
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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