EGMERE, 2½ miles W. of Walsingham, is a parish with only 9 houses, 54 souls, and 1,200 acres of land, mostly occupied by Mr. Robt. Overman, and the property of the Earl of Leicester, the lord of the manor, and patron of the rectory, valued in the King's book at £8, and consolidated with that of Waterden, in the incumbency of the Rev. Alex. Napier M.A. Only part of the tower of Egmere Church now remains, being first desecrated by Sir Nicholas Bacon, who turned it into a barn.
Transcription Copyright © A.J. Carter, June 2002
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