Norfolk - Stanfield

Francis White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory, of Norfolk 1854, p. 796

STANFIELD parish, 5½ miles N.W. by N. of East Dereham, has 243 souls, 57 houses, and 926a. 3r. 12p. of land, the property of the Rev. Robt. Hankinson, Jno. Collison, Esq., Mr. Francis Frohawk, and a few smaller owners. The Church, dedicated to St. Margaret, is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's book at £6 14s. 2d., and in 1831 at £264, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Jas. Royle, who built the rectory house. The glebe is 17a. The Fuel Allotment, 8a., is let for £7, and a cottage belonging to the parish is occupied by a poor person. The E. C. Railway (Fakenham branch) runs within 3 miles of the village, and has a station at Elmham.

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