In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described East Barsham like this:
BARSHAM (East), a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; adjacent to the Norfolk railway, 2½ miles N of Fakenham. Post Town, Fakenham. Acres, 1,167. Real property, £1,932-Pop., 221. Houses, 44. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Little Snoring, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £645.* Patron, Lord Hastings. The church is old but good. Henry VIII. walked bare-footed from East Barsham to Walsingham, in 1510, to make a votive offering of a necklace.
East Barsham through time
East Barsham 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 East Barsham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of East Barsham in North Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5776
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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