In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Smallburgh like this:
SMALLBURGH, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Tunstead district, Norfolk. The village stands 5¼ miles SE of North Walsham r. station; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a post-office under Norwich. The parish comprises 1,247 acres. Real property, £3,052. Pop. in 1861, 559; of whom 93 were in the Tunstead workhouse. ...
Houses, 112. The manor belongs to Sir J. H. Preston, Bart. New-Halland Holly House are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £430.* Patron, the Bishop of N. The church is old but good. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, a village school, church charities £21, and a poors' allotment.—The sub-district contains 13 parishes. Acres, 16,999. Pop., 4,229. Houses, 1,002.
Smallburgh through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Smallburgh in North Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5119
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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