Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MUNDFORD

MUNDFORD, a village and a parish in Thetford district, Norfolk. The village stands on the river Wissey, 4½ miles N N E of Brandon r. station; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a post-office‡ under Brandon, a goodinn, and a bridge. The parish comprises 2,050 acres. Real property, £1, 305. Pop., 376. Houses, 71. The property belongs mostly to Mrs. L. Stevens. There is an extensive nursery. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £136.* Patron, Tidd Pratt, Esq. The church is a plain building with a tower. There is a free school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Mundford CP/AP       Thetford RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Mundford

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