Marham, Norfolk

Description
Marham, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands 1 1/4 mile S of the river Nar, 3 1/2 miles SW of Nar-borongh station on the Lynn and Dereham section of the G.E.R., and 7 W by N of Swaffham, is a long and pleasant place, and has a post and money order office under Down-ham ; telegraph office, Narborough. The parish comprises 3981 acres; population, 583. Marham House and Marham Hall are chief residences. The manor of New Hall and Shouldham belongs to the Hare family, and that of Old Hall and Westacre to the Glentworths. A Cistercian nunnery was founded here in 1251 by Isabella de Albini, was given at the dissolution to the Hares, and has left some remains at a farmhouse a little W of the church. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £354 with residence. Patron, St John's College, Cambridge. The church, which is a large building of flint and stone in the Perpendicular style, consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with a lofty tower, and is good. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and a fuel allotment of 200 acres.