Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BEXWELL

BEXWELL, a parish in Downham district, Norfolk; 1 mile E of Downham-Market r. station. Post Town, Downham. Acres, 1,177. Real property, £2,075. Pop., 94. Houses, 16. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £375.* Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. 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: Bexwell CP/AP       Downham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Bexwell

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