In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described South Walsham like this:
WALSHAM (South), a village, two parishes, and a sub-district, in Blofield district, Norfolk The village stands 4¼ miles NE of Brundall r. station, and 9 ENE of Norwich; and has a post-office under Norwich.-The parishes are St. Lawrence and St. Mary. Acres, 3,149. Real property, £6,776. Pop., 220 and 336. Houses, 47 and 75. Most of the property is divided between two. The living of St. L. is a rectory, and that of St. M. is a vicarage, in the diocese of Norwich. Value of St. L., £516;* of St. M.,...
£162. Patron of St. L., Queen's College, Cambridge; of St. M., Norwich Hospital. The churches stand in one churchyard; and that of St. L. was destroyed by fire in 1827, but restored and enlarged in 1832. There are a national school, and charities £52. --The sub-district contains 18 parishes. Acres, 26,362. Pop., 5,734. Houses, 1,215.
South Walsham through time
For the best overall sense of how the area containing South Walsham has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Broadland. More detailed statistical data are available under Historical units & statistics for administrative units named after or covering South Walsham.
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