Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Burnham Market

Burnham Market, vil. with ry. sta., W. Norfolk, 6 miles W. of Wells; P.O., T.O., called Burnham. Market-day, Saturday. The vil. is built round the market-place, hence its name.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Norfolk AncC
Place names: BURNHAM     |     BURNHAM MARKET
Place: Burnham Market

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