Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROCKLAND-ST. PETER

ROCKLAND-ST. PETER, a parish, with a village, in Wayland district, Norfolk; 4¼ miles W N W of Attleborough r. station. Post-town, Rockland, under Attleborough. Acres, 1, 610. Real property, £1, 916. Pop., 386. Houses, 93. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £261.* Patron, the Rev. H. Bird. The church is ancient, and has a round tower. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and charities £13.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Rockland St Peter AP/CP       Wayland RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Rockland St Peter

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