Description
Kempston, a parish in Norfolk, 1 1/2 mile S by W of Lit-cham, and 2 miles NNW from Fransham station on the Lynn branch of the G.E.R. Post town, Swaffham; money order and telegraph office, Litcham. Acreage, 816; population, 49. The property belongs to the Earl of Leicester, who is lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £156. Patron, the Earl of Leicester. The church is a small building of flint consisting of chancel, nave, and an ivy-clad tower, and contains an ancient font and a piscina.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
