The History of Garboldisham
The History of Garboldisham
GARBOLDISHAM is a parish and compact village, lying in a vale, 5 miles south from Harling Road station on the Roudham Junction and Wymondham section of the Great Eastern railway and 8 west-by-north from Diss, in the Mid division of the county, Guiltcross and Shropham petty sessional division, Guiltcross hundred, Thetford union, Diss county court district, rural deanery of Rockland South, archdeaconry of Norfolk and diocese of Norwich. Of the ancient church of All Saints, removed in 1734, only the tower now remains. The church of St. John the Baptist is a noble structure of flint in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, north porch and a large embattled western tower with pinnacles containing 6 bells: the north porch bears several Latin inscriptions : in the aisles are several marble tablets to the Montgomerie family: an organ was introduced in 1883, and in 1887 the east window was filled with stained glass as a memorial to Robert Temple Frere esq. M.D. who died at Garboldisham Hall ..... [Kelly’s Directory of Norfolk, 1912 ]
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