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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thursford like this:
THURSFORD, a parish, with a village, in Walsingham district, Norfolk; 4 miles ESE of Walsingham r. station. Post town, Guist, under Thetford. Acres, 1,350. Real property, £2,241. Pop., 322. Houses, 70. The manor, with T. Hall, belongs to J. S. S. Chad, Esq. The living is a rectory, annexed to Great Snoring. The church was restored in 1862. There is a national school.
Thursford 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 Thursford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thursford, in North Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6166
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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