In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pockthorpe like this:

POCKTHORPE, a hamlet-chapelry in Norwich, St. James parish, Norfolk; within Norwich city. Real property, £3, 239. Pop., 2,055. Houses, 433. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the living of St. James.

Pockthorpe through time

Pockthorpe is now part of NORWICH District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORWICH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pockthorpe itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pockthorpe, in Norwich and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22577

Date accessed: 08th December 2025


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