Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WORSTEAD

WORSTEAD, a village and a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk. The village stands 3 miles SSE of North Walsham r. station; was anciently called Worstede; was once a manufacturing and market town; gave name to worsted stuffs, the manufacture of which was commenced in it in the time of Henry I., and transferred to Norwich in that of Richard II.; and has a post-office under Norwich, and a large fair on 12 and 13 May. The parish includes five hamlets, and comprises 2,603 acres. Real property, £4,896. Pop., 751. Houses, 195. The property is divided chiefly among four. W. house is the seat of the Hon. W. R. Rous; and Lyngate House, of T. Balls, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £251.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of N. The church is decorated English, and has a pinnacled tower. There are a Baptist chapel, national and British schools, alms houses, and other charities £31.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Worstead AP/CP       Smallburgh RegD/Inc/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: WORSTEAD     |     WORSTEDE
Place: Worstead

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