Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BILLINGFORD, or Pirleston

BILLINGFORD, or Pirleston, a parish in Depwade district, Norfolk; on the river Waveney, 1 mile E of Scole, and 2 SE of Diss r. station. Post Town, Scole. Acres, 1,820. Real property, £1,589. Pop., 199. Houses, 46. The property is not much divided. The manor Belonged to Sir S. Burley, the Black Prince's favourite, executed in 1388. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Little Thorpe, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £264. Patron, G. Wilson, Esq. The church is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Billingford AP/CP       Depwade RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: BILLINGFORD     |     BILLINGFORD OR PIRLESTON     |     PIRLESTON
Place: Billingford

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