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GARBOLDISHAM, a village and a parish in Guiltcross district, Norfolk. The village stands in the vale of a rivulet, near the river Waveney and the boundary with Suffolk, 4¼ miles SSE of Harling-Road r. station, and 8¾ E by S of Thetford; and has a post office under Thetford. The parish comprises 2, 705 acres. Real property, £4, 406. Pop., 701. Houses, 170. The property is divided among three. Garboldisham Hall is a chief residence. There were formerly two parishes, St. John and All Saints; and these are still recognised ecclesiastically. The livings of both are rectories in the diocese of Norwich; but are united. Value, £491.* Patron, the Hon. Mrs. M. Montgomerie. The church of St. John is a find building, in tolerable condition; has a handsome porch and a large square tower; and contains monuments of the Montgomeries. The church of All Saints was taken down in last century; but the tower of it remains. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and charities £57.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Garboldisham AP/CP Guiltcross RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Garboldisham |
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