Description
Fring, a village and a parish in Norfolk, 2 1/2 miles SW of Docking station on the G.E.R., and 8 SW from Burnham market. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Docking, under Lynn. Acreage of the civil parish, 1711; population, 153; of the ecclesiastical, 299. The living is a vicarage, united with that of Shernborne, in the diocese of Norwich; joint gross yearly value, £118 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The church is an ancient building of flint in the Perpendicular style. There are some ruins, supposed to be monastic.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
