Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FOULSHAM

FOULSHAM, a village and a parish in Aylsham district, Norfolk. The village stands on an affluent of the river Wensum, 4½ miles NE of Elmham r. station, and 18 NW of Norwich; was almost totally destroyed by fire in 1770; was afterwards rebuilt on a better plan, and with cheerful aspect; was once a market-town, and has still a fair on the first Tuesday of May; has also a post office‡ under Thetford, a bridge, a church, a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £89; and is a seat of petty sessions. The bridge was built in 1813. The church was rebuilt at the rebuilding of the village, and has a fine tower. The churchyard contains an ancient altar-tomb, bearing a curious broken inscription in Saxon characters. The parish comprises 3, 226 acres. Real property, £7, 112. Pop., 1, 022. Houses, 241. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £602. Patron, Lord Hastings.


(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: Foulsham CP/AP       Aylsham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Foulsham

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