In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eccles like this:
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.
Eccles through time
Eccles is now part of Breckland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Breckland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Eccles itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Eccles, in Breckland and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23435
Date accessed: 07th November 2024
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