Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GOODERSTONE

GOODERSTONE, a parish in Swaffham district, Norfolk; 4½ miles ENE of Stoke-Ferry, and 6½ SSW of Swaffham r. station. Post town, Stoke-Ferry, under Brandon. Acres, 2, 781. Real property, £3, 024. Pop., 571. Houses, 121. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £119. Patron, H. R. Micklefield, Esq. The church had a chantry and six stalls; and is good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities, including fuel allotment, £30.


(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: Gooderstone CP/AP       Swaffham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Gooderstone

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