Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THORPE-MARKET

THORPE-MARKET, a parish, with a village, in Erpingham district, Norfolk; 4½ miles NNW of North Walsham r. station. Post town, Aylsham, under Norwich. Acres, 1,309. Real property, £1,282. Pop., 215. Houses, 47. Much of the land belongs to Lord Suffield. The village was once a considerable market-town. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Antingham. The church was rebuilt in the present century. Charities, £13.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Thorpe Market CP/AP       Erpingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Thorpe Market

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