Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRUMSTEAD, or Brunstead

BRUMSTEAD, or Brunstead, a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk; 1 mile N of Stalham, 3 SW of the coast, 6 SE of North Walsham r. station, and 16 NE of Norwich. Post Town, Stalham, under Norwich. Acres, 789. Real property, £1,400. Pop., 99. Houses, 22. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Cubitt Durrant, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £170.* Patron, the Earl of Abergavenny. The church is good.


(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: Brumstead AP/CP       Smallburgh RegD/Inc/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: BRUMSTEAD     |     BRUMSTEAD OR BRUNSTEAD     |     BRUNSTEAD
Place: Brumstead

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