Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOLTERTON

WOLTERTON, a parish in Aylsham district, Norfolk; 8 miles W by N of North Walsham r. station. Post town, Aylsham, under Norwich. Acres, 722. Real property, £1,372. Pop., 48. Houses, 13. W. Hall was built in 1741, for Horace Walpole; and belongs now to the Earl of Orford. The living is a rectory, united with Wickmere, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £564.* Patron, the Earl of Orford.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wolterton CP/AP       Aylsham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Wolterton

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