Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FELTHORPE

FELTHORPE, a parish in St. Faith district, Norfolk; 3 miles W of the line of projected railway from Norwich to Cromer, and 7 NNW of Norwich. Post town, St. Faith's, under Norwich. Acres, 2, 286. Real property, £2, 050. Pop., 514. Houses, 121. The property is divided among a few. Felthorpe Hall is a principal residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £190. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is very good; and there are charities £36.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Felthorpe CP/AP       Norfolk AncC
Place: Felthorpe

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