In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sedgeford like this:
SEDGEFORD, a parish, with a village and a hamlet, in Docking district, Norfolk; on the West Norfolk Junction railway, 12½ miles N N E of Lynn. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Lynn. Acres, 4, 180. Real property, £5, 268. Pop., 742. Houses, 158. S. Hall belongs to F. ...
Rolfe, Esq., and is occupied by J. W. Howlett, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £330.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The church was restored in 1842. There are Wesleyan, P. Methodist, and NewMethodist chapels, a national school, a circulating library, and charities £36.
Sedgeford through time
Sedgeford is now part of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kings Lynn and West Norfolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sedgeford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sedgeford in Kings Lynn and West Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3944
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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