Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BEESTON, or Beeston-next-Litcham

BEESTON, or Beeston-next-Litcham, a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; 2 miles N of Fransham r. station, and 6½ NE of Swaffham. It includes Little Bittering; and its Post Town is Great Dunham, under Swaffham. Acres, 2,073. Real property, £4,491. Pop., 645. Houses, 140. The property is much subdivided. Beeston Hall is the seat of the Rev.B. Barnwell. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £450.* Patron, the Rev.B. Barnwell. The church is very good, and has a conspicuous tower and spire. Charities, £61.


(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: Beeston AP       Mitford and Launditch RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: BEESTON     |     BEESTON NEXT LITCHAM     |     BEESTON OR BEESTON NEXT LITCHAM
Place: Beeston

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