Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRANDESTONE, or Brandistone

BRANDESTONE, or Brandistone, a parish in St. Faith district, Norfolk; 3 miles SE of Reepham, 6 W of the projected railway from Norwich to Cromer, and 11 NW by N of Norwich. Post Town, Booton, under Norwich. Acres, 764. Real property, £1,466. Pop., 181. Houses, 35. The property is divided among five. Brandeston Hall belonged formerly to the Atthills. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £180.* Patron, Magdalene College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are a national school, and charities £23.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Brandiston CP/AP       Norfolk AncC
Place names: BRANDESTONE     |     BRANDESTONE OR BRANDISTONE     |     BRANDISTONE
Place: Brandiston

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