Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RUDHAM (East)

RUDHAM (East), a village and a parish in Docking district, Norfolk. The village stands 6¼ miles W of Fakenham r. station; and has a post-office under Brandon, and fairs on 17 May and 14 Oct. The parish comprises 4, 231 acres. Rated property, £3, 799. Pop., 956. Houses, 205. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, united with West Rudham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £560.* Patron, Marquis Townshend. The church is good. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and a fuel allotment.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: East Rudham CP/AP       Docking RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: EAST RUDHAM     |     RUDHAM     |     RUDHAM EAST
Place: East Rudham

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