Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOOD-NORTON

WOOD-NORTON, a parish in Aylsham district, Norfolk; 3 miles E by N of Ryburgh r. station. Post town, Thetford. Acres, 1,726. Real property, £3,050. Pop., 250. Houses, 64. The manor belongs to Christchurch, Oxford. Norton Hall is the seat of W. Norris, Esq. The living is a rectory, consolidated with Swanton-Novers, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £785.* Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. The church is plain. Charities, £26.


(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: Wood Norton CP/AP       Aylsham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Wood Norton

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