Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LUDHAM

LUDHAM, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Tunstead district, Norfolk. The village stands 1¾ mile NE of the river Bure, 8 NE of Brundall r. station, and 12½ NE by E of Norwich; was once a market-town; and has a post office under Norwich, and a fair on the Thursday and Friday after Trinity Sunday. The parish comprises 2,977 acres. Real property, £7,175. Pop. in 1851,982; in 1861,884. Houses, 199. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the abbey of St. Benet-at-the-Holme; and was given, by Henry VIII., to the Bishops of Norwich. A grange of the abbey on it was converted by the bishops into a palaceThe palace was, in great degree, burnt down in 1611; was restored and enlarged by Bishop Harsnet; and, after the bishops ceased to occupy it, was partly converted into a granary, and partly made a farm-house, now called Ludham Hall. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is later English; has an embattled tower; and contains a richly carved screen, and a beautifully carved font. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, a national school, a fuel allotment worth £98 a year, and other charities £14.—The sub-district contains also six other parishes. Acres, 18,219. Pop.. 3,682. Houses, 815.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ludham CP/AP       Ludham SubD       Smallburgh RegD/Inc/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Ludham

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