Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BROOME, or Brome

BROOME, or Brome, a parish in Loddon district, Norfolk; near the Waveney river and the Waveney Valley railway, 2 miles NNE of Bungay. Post Town, Bungay. Acres, 1,442. Real property, £3,011. Pop., 505. Houses, 124. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £286.* Patron, Sir W. F. F. Middleton, Bart. The church is good; and there are charities £68.


(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: Broome CP/AP       Loddon and Clavering RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: BROME     |     BROOME     |     BROOME OR BROME
Place: Broome

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