Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TOPCROFT

TOPCROFT, a parish, with a scattered village, in Loddon district, Norfolk; 5 miles WNW of Bungay r. station. It has a post-office under Bungay. Acres, 1,875. Real property, £3,541. Pop., 418. Houses, 85. The manor belongs to J. Hunter, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £400. Patron, the Bishop of N. The church was restored in 1861. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £13.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a scattered village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Topcroft AP/CP       Loddon and Clavering RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Topcroft

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