Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ECCLES

ECCLES, a parish in Guiltcross district Norfolk; adjacent to the Norfolk railway, at Eccles-Road station 2½ miles NE of Harling. It has a post office under Attleborough. Acres, 1, 685. Real property, £1, 746. Pop., 194. Houses, 38. The property is divided among three. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £290. Patron, Sir T. Beevor, Bart. The church is ancient.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Quidenham CP/AP       Guiltcross RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Eccles

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