In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swanton Novers like this:
SWANTON-NOVERS, a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; 5 miles N E by E of Ryburgh r. station. Post town, Briningham, under Thetford. Acres, 1,315. Real property, £2,105. Pop., 315. houses, 68. S. house is the seat ofAtkinson, Esq. The living is a rectory, annexed to Wood-Norton. The church's chancel was rebuilt in 1821. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Swanton Novers through time
Swanton Novers is now part of North Norfolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Norfolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Swanton Novers itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swanton Novers in North Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2622
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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