Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WORTWELL

WORTWELL, a quondam extra-parochial tract in Redenhall parish, Norfolk; 2½ miles NE of Harleston. Acres, 1,120. Real property, £2,666. Pop., 466. houses 114. There are Independent and Baptist chapels, a national school, a town estate £45, and a poors' allotment £42.


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

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Feature Description: "a quondam extra-parochial tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Norfolk AncC
Place: Wortwell

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