In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Fransham like this:
FRANSHAM (Little), a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; on the East Anglian railway, near Fransham station, 5¾ miles ENE of Swaffham. Post town, Great Fransham, under Thetford. Acres, 1, 029. Real property, £1, 975. Pop., 256. Houses, 53. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £400.* Patron, the Rev. A. W. Langton. The church is early English, without a tower; and contains a curious font and a piscina. There are a Church school and a fuel allotment.
Little Fransham through time
Little Fransham is now part of Breckland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Breckland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Little Fransham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Fransham, in Breckland and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2235
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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