Description
Neatishead, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands 1 1/2 mile N of the river Bure, 3 1/2 miles NE from Wroxham station on the Norwich and Cromer branch of the G.E.R., and 10 1/2 NE of Norwich. It has a post and money order office under Norwich; telegraph office, Wroxham. The parish comprises 1907 acres; population, 545. The manor formerly belonged to the Bishop of Norwich, but is now vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £233 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is a small but ancient building of flint and stone in the Perpendicular style. There are Baptist and Primitive Methodist chapels and some charities.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
