Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PALLING

PALLING, a village and a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk. The village stands on the coast, 4 miles E by N of Stalham, and 14 N E by N of Brundall r. station; and is a small place, inhabited chiefly by fishermen. The parish is sometimes called Palling-near-the-Se . Post-town, Stalham, under Norwich. Acres, 905; of which 75 are water. Real property, £1, 954. Pop., 442.houses, 104. The manor belongs to h. J. Conyers, Esq. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Waxham, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is ancient, and has a low tower. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, national school, a life-boat station, and charities £10.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Palling AP/CP       Smallburgh RegD/Inc/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Palling

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