Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FORNCETT

FORNCETT, a sub-district and a railway station in Norfolk.—The sub-district contains the two Forncett parishes and nine other parishes; and is in Depwade district. Acres, 18, 085. -Pop., 5, 694. Houses, 1, 258. The railway station is on the Great Eastern railway, in the eastern vicinity of the two Forncett parishes, 10 miles SSW of Norwich.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a sub-district and a railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Forncett CP       Norfolk AncC
Place: Forncett

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