In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Reepham like this:
REEPHAM, a small town and a parish in Aylsham district, Norfolk. The town stands on a branch of the river Wensum, 6½ miles S W by W of Aylsham, and 7 Eby N of Elmham r. station; extends into the parishes of Hackford, Whitwell, and Kerdiston; is a seat of petty sessions and a polling-place; and has a post-office‡ under Norwich, a hotel, a police station, two churches, Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, two cemeteries, a public library and reading-room, two national schools, and charities £27. ...
The two churches are those of Reepham and Whitwell; and they stand in one churchyard, where also stood formerly the church of Hackford. Reepham church is ancient but good; has an embattled tower; and contains ancient monuments of the Kerdistons. A weekly market is held on Wednesday; a stockfair is held on 29 June; and there are a brewery and twolarge tanneries. The parish comprises 570 acres. Real property, £2, 454. Pop., 346. Houses, 86. The manor belonged once to the De Vauxs. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Kerdiston, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £699.* Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Reepham through time
Reepham is now part of Broadland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Broadland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Reepham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Reepham, in Broadland and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5643
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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