In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pensthorpe like this:
PENSTHORPE, a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; on the river Wensum, 2 miles E S E of Fakenham r. station. Post-town, Fakenham. Acres, 753. Real property, £900. Pop., 12. Houses, 2. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £50. Patrons, Trustees. There is no church.
Pensthorpe through time
Pensthorpe is now part of North Norfolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Norfolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pensthorpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pensthorpe in North Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3385
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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