Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRIDGHAM

BRIDGHAM, a parish in Guiltcross district, Norfolk; i on the Little Ouse river, near the Norfolk railway, 2½ miles SW of Harling-Road station, and 6 E by N of Thetford. It has a post office under Thetford. Acres, 2,692. Real property, £1,990. Pop., 328. Houses, 72. The property is divided among three. The manor belongs to Sir J. G. Sebright, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £388.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church has a Norman porch, and is good. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(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: Bridgham AP/CP       Guiltcross RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Bridgham

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