In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mancroft like this:
MANCROFT, a parish and a sub-district in Norwich district, Norfolk. The parish is in Norwich city, and bears the name of Mancroft-St. Peter. Real property, £22,615. Pop. in 1 851,2,992; in 1861,2,575. Houses, 520. The decrease of pop. arose partly from a progress of repair in the fish-market and adjoining houses, and partly from shopkeepers taking residences elsewhere than at their places of business. ...
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £87. Patrons, the Parishioners. -The sub-district contains also the parishes of St. Giles, St. Stephen, Eaton-St. Andrew, and Lakenham, and the liberty of Town Close. Pop., 14,39 7. Houses, 3,230. See NORWICH.
Mancroft through time
Mancroft is now part of Norwich district. Click here for graphs and data of how Norwich has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mancroft itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mancroft, in Norwich and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21657
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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