Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FELTWELL

FELTWELL, a village and a parish in Thetford district, Norfolk. The village stands near Sams Cut in the Fen, 3 miles N by E of Lakenheath r. station, and 5½ NW of Brandon; is large and neatly built; and has a post office‡ under Brandon, and a fair on 20 Nov. The parish comprises 14, 060 acres. Real property, £11, 556. Pop., 1, 553. Houses, 352. The property is much sub-divided. There are four manors; and they belong to four parties. About 8, 000 acres in the parish are fen; and about 300 under wood. The upland tracts were enclosed in 1815. Feltwell Lodge is a chief residence. The parish comprises two quondam parishes, St. Mary and St. Nicholas; and is sometimes called Feltwell-St. Mary and St. Nicholas. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £1, 207.* Patron, alternately the Lord Chancellor and the Bishop of Norwich. St. Mary's church consists of nave, chancel, and aisles, with massive square tower; has a brass of 1482; and was altered and enlarged in 1862. St. Nicholas church is ancient, and serves now as a cemetery chapel. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. Mundeford's free schools and alms-houses have £300; and other charities, including a fuel allotment of 360 acres, have £83.


(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: Feltwell CP/AP       Thetford RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Feltwell

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