Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BARWICK, or Berwick-in-the-Brakes

BARWICK, or Berwick-in-the-Brakes, a parish in Docking district, Norfolk; 4 miles SSW of Burnham-Westgate r. station, and 9 WNW of Fakenham. Post Town, Burnham, under Lynn. Acres, 1,278. Real property, £1,321. Pop., 26. Houses, 5. Barwick House is the seat of D. Hoste, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Stanhoe, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is in ruins.


(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: Barwick AP/CP       Docking RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: BARWICK     |     BARWICK OR BERWICK IN THE BRAKES     |     BERWICK IN THE BRAKES
Place: Barwick

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