Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TACOLNESTON, or Tacolston

TACOLNESTON, or Tacolston, a parish, with a village, in Depwade district, Norfolk; 2¼ miles WNW of Forncett r. station, and 4½ SSE of Wymondham. It has a post-office under Wymondham. Acres, 1,580. Real property, £3,156. Pop., 452. Houses, 100. The property is divided among a few. T. Hall is the seat of F. G. Boileau, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £498. Patron, J.Warren, Esq. The church is good; and there are a national school, and charities £20.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Tacolneston CP/AP       Depwade RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: TACOLNESTON     |     TACOLNESTON OR TACOLSTON     |     TACOLSTON
Place: Tacolneston

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