Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ALBURGH

ALBURGH, a parish in Depwade district, Norfolk; on an affluent of the river Waveney, near the Bungay railway, 3½ miles NNE of Harleston. It has a post office under Harleston, and a fair on 21 June. Acres, 1,512. Real property, £3,699. Pop., 587. Houses, 130. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £395.* Patron, St. John's College, Cambridge. The church has a large Norman porch. There are a national school, and charities £240.


(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: Alburgh AP/CP       Depwade RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Alburgh

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