Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EARLHAM

EARLHAM, a parish in Norwich district, Norfolk; on the river Yare, near the Norfolk railway, 2 miles W of Norwich. Post town, Norwich. Acres, with Norwich city. Real property, £1, 845. Pop., 195. Houses, 35. The property is divided among a few. Earlham House is the seat of the Gurneys. The living is a vicarage, united with the donative of Bowthorpe, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, not reported. Patron, MrsFra The church is very good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Earlham CP/AP       Norwich Inc/RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Earlham

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