WAXHAM, a parish in the hundred of HAPPING, county of NORFOLK, 12 miles (E. S. E.) from North Walsham, containing 63 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, with that of Palling annexed, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £6. 13. 4., and in the patronage of Sir G. B. Brograve, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. John and St. Margaret.