Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HACKFORD

HACKFORD, a parish in Forehoe district, Norfolk; on the river Yare, 1½ mile S by W of Kimberley r. station, and 2½ E of Hingham. Post town, Hingham, under Attleborough. Acres, 754. Real property, £1, 617. Pop., 222. Houses, 57. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £225. Patron, B. Gurdon, Esq. The church is ancient but good, and has a square tower. Charities, £11.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hackford AP/CP       Forehoe RegD/PLU/Inc       Norfolk AncC
Place: Hackford

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