BILLINGFORD, a parish in the hundred of EYNSFORD, county of NORFOLK, 3 miles (S. S. W.) from Foulsham, containing 248 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the Icing's books at £7.10. and in the patronage of T. W. Coke, Esq. A grant of a fair to be held here was obtained in the 33rd of Edward I. At Beck Hall, in this parish, now the property of Mr. Coke, an hospital, with a chapel dedicated to St. Thomas & Becket, was founded in the beginning of the reign of Henry III.