Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COLKIRK

COLKIRK, a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; near the Norfolk railway and the river Wensum, 2 miles S of Fakenham. Post town, Fakenham. Acres, 1, 482. Real property, £2, 824. Pop., 473. Houses, 97. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Stibbard, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £788.* Patron, Henry Hoare, Esq. The church was repaired in 1859. Charities, £33.


(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: Colkirk AP/CP       Mitford and Launditch RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Colkirk

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