Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for QUIDDENHAM

QUIDDENHAM, a parish in Guiltcross district, Norfolk; on an affluent of the Little Ouse river, 1 mile S of Eccles-Road r. station, and 2½ E N E of East Harling. Post-town, Attleborough. Acres, 1, 126. Real property, £1, 303. Pop., 111. Houses, 22. The property belongs to the Earl of Albemarle; and Q. Hall is the Earl's seat. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Snetterton, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £636.* Patron, the Earl of Albemarle. The church was restored in 1859; has a high Norman porch and a round tower with octangular lantern; and contains two monuments to the Hollands and one to Lady Sophia Macdonald. There is a free school.


(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: Quidenham AP/CP       Quidenham CP/AP       Guiltcross RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Quidenham

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.