In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kimberley like this:
KIMBERLEY, a village and a parish in Forehoe district, Norfolk. The village stands near the river Yare and the East Anglian railway, 3½ miles NW of Wymondham; and has a station on the railway. The parish comprises 1, 460 acres. Post town, Wymondham. Pop., 112. Houses, 28. The property belonged to the Falstolfs; passed to the Wodehouses, one of whom was at the battle of Agincourt; and belongs now to the Earl of Kimberley. ...
Kimberley Hall is Lord K.'s seat, but stands within Wymondham parish; it was built about 1660, in lieu of a previous edifice where entertainment was given to Queen Elizabeth in 1578; it contains a necklace of Henry V.'s queen, and some valuable paintings; and it has a beautiful park of about 646 acres, - 312 of which are in Kimberley, 276 in Wymondham, and 58 in Carleton-Forehoe. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Barnham-Broom, in the diocese of Norwich. The church comprises nave and chancel, with tower and spire; and was repaired and beautified in 1835.
Kimberley through time
Kimberley is now part of South Norfolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Norfolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kimberley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kimberley in South Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3966
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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