Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KELLING

KELLING, a village and a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk. The village stands 2½ miles N by E of Holt, and 11 ENE of Walsingham r. station; and is situated in a deep vale, extending from it 2 miles northward to the sea. The parish comprises 2, 191 acres of land, and 20 of water. Post town, Holt, under Thetford. Real property, £2, 205. Pop., 211. Houses, 50. The property is divided among a few. The manor and most of the land belong to O. Randale, Esq. About 800 acres are heath. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Salthouse, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £406. * Patron, O. Randale, Esq. The church consists of nave and chancel, with a tower; and is in tolerable condition.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kelling CP/AP       Erpingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Kelling

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