Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BUNWELL

BUNWELL, a parish in Depwade district, Norfolk; 3¼ miles NE of New Buckenham, and 4½ WSW of Forncett r. station. It has a post office under Attleborough. Acres, 2,470. Real property, £5,556. Pop., 907. Houses, 212. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £644.* Patron, Sir R. J. Buxton, Bart. The church is good. There are a P. Methodist chapel and a n. school.


(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: Bunwell AP/CP       Depwade RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Bunwell

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