Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FELMINGHAM

FELMINGHAM, a village and a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk. The village stands near the river Bure, and near the line of the telegraph from Norwich to Cromer, 2½ miles WSW of North Walsham railway station, and 14 N by E of Norwich; and is a straggling but pleasant place. The parish comprises 1,886 acres; and its post town is North Walsham, under Norwich. Real property, £3, 443. Pop., 434. Houses, 104. The property is much subdivided. Felmingham Hall is a chief residence. The living is a double one, a vicarage and a rectory, in the diocese of Norwich. Value of the vicarage, £169; of the rectory, £187. Patron of the v., the Bishop of Norwich; of the r., John Postle and others. The church is good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and a charity 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: Felmingham AP/CP       Smallburgh RegD/Inc/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Felmingham

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