NARFORD, a parish in Swaffham district, Norfolk ; on the river Nar, 1 ¾ mile E of Narborough r. station, and 4 ¾ NW of Swaffham. Post-town, Brandon, under Swaffham. Acres, 2,396. Real property, £1,783. Pop., 128. Houses, 23. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Narford Hall, belongs to the Fountaine family. The Hall was built by Sir Andrew Fountaine, the antiquary, and the friend of Pope; is a handsome edifice, in well-wooded grounds, with a small lake; and contains a fine collection of paintings and articles of vertu. A considerable village once existed in the parish, and was a market-town; but has completely disappeared. Roman coins have been found. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Narborough, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is an old building, of different dates; and has a tower. A chapel, dedicated to St. Thomas a Becket, once stood on an eminence.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
