Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAPTON

HAPTON, a parish in Depwade district, Norfolk; adjacent to the Eastern Counties railway, 1 mile SW of Flordon r. station, and 3 miles NW of Long Stratton. Post town, Flordon, under Long Stratton. Acres, 695. Real property, £1, 226. Pop., 196. Houses, 44. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord Berners. The living is a Vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £100. Patron, Christ College, Cambridge. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower. There is a Unitarian chapel.


(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: Hapton CP/AP       Depwade RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Hapton

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