In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bixley like this:
BIXLEY, a parish in Henstead district, Norfolk; near the Eastern Union railway, 3 miles SE by S of Norwich. Post Town, Norwich. Acres, 760. Real property, £1,814. Pop., 161. Houses, 31. The property is divided among a few. Bixley Hall is a handsome edifice, built, about the middle of last century, by Sir Edward Ward. ...
The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Earls-Framingham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £608. Patron, the Rev.D. Brereton. The church is ancient and good; contains monuments of the Wards; and formerly had an image of St. Wandegisilus, to which pilgrim ages were made.
Bixley through time
Bixley is now part of South Norfolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Norfolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bixley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bixley in South Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3978
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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