Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SALTHOUSE

SALTHOUSE, a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk; on the coast, 3 miles N by W of Holt, and 10 E N E of Walsingham r. station. Post-town, Holt, under The t-ford. Acres, 1, 614; of which 55 are water. Real property, £2, 278. Pop., 268. Houses, 63. The property is divided among a few. About 500 acres are marsh land, formerly inundated. The living is a rectory, annexed to Kelling, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is later English, and has a lofty tower.


(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: Salthouse CP/AP       Erpingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Salthouse

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