Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HARGHAM

HARGHAM, a parish in Wayland district, Norfolk; on the Norfolk railway, 1 mile N of Eccles road r. station, and 3½ SW by S of Attleborough. Post-town, Attleborough. Acres, 1,080. Real property, £1,066. Pop., 88. Houses, 17. The manor, with Hargham Hall, belongs to Sir Thomas B. Beevor. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Wilby, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is dilapidated, and has a ruined tower.


(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: Hargham CP/AP       Wayland RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Hargham

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