Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PLUMSTEAD

PLUMSTEAD, a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk; 4¼ miles S E of Holt, and 12½ N E of Elmham r.station. Post-town, Hanworth, under Norwich. Acres, 1, 272. Real property, £1, 245. Pop., 178. Houses, 48. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to J. T. Mott, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £182. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is plain but good, and has a tower


(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: Plumstead AP/CP       Erpingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Plumstead

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