Place:


Flordon  Norfolk

 

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

FLORDON, a parish in Henstead district, Norfolk; on the Eastern Union railway, near the river Yare, 7½ miles S by W of Norwich. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Long Stratton. Acres, 929. Real property, £1, 737. Pop., 163. Houses, 36. The property is divided among a few. Flordon Hall is the seat of Sir W. R. Kemp, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, not reported. Patron, Sir W. R. Kemp, Bart. The church is tolerable; and there are charities £7.

Flordon through time

Flordon 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 Flordon itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5887

Date accessed: 25th April 2024


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