In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Irstead like this:
IRSTEAD, a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk; near the river Ant, 11 miles NE of Norwich r. station. Post town, Neatishead, under Norwich. Acres, 1, 065. Real property, £1, 565. Pop., 149. Houses, 34. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Barton-Turf, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is good, and has a later English font. There are fuel allotments for the poor, worth £12 a year.
Irstead through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Irstead in North Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5551
Date accessed: 17th May 2024
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