HILBOROUGH, a parish in the southern division
of the hundred of GREENHOE, county of NORFOLK, 6
miles (S.) from Swaffham, containing 349 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's
books .at £13. 6. 8., endowed with £200 private benefaction,
and £300 royal bounty. Earl Nelson was
patron in 1806. The church, dedicated to All Saints,
is built of flints, having a strong-square tower, with freestone
quoins, embattled and crowned with carved pinnacles
j in one of the east windows are some remains of
stained glass. At the north-western extremity of the
village are the remains of an ancient chapel, dedicated
to St. Margaret, called the Pilgrims chapel, probably
from having been visited by them on their way to Walsingham:
it was richly endowed, having included among
its possessions one hundred acres of land in this parish.