In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Coston like this:
COSTON, a parish in Forehoe district, Norfolk; on the river Blackwater, adjacent to the Norfolk railway, 1½ mile S of Hardingham r. station, and 4½ NW of Wymondham. Post town, Wymondham. Acres, 342. Real property, £485. Pop., 58. Houses, 12. The property is nearly all in one estate. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Runhall, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £103. Patron, alternately the Bishop of Norwich and the Earl of Kimberley. The church is good.
Coston through time
Coston 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 Coston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Coston in South Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6004
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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