Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Houghton on the Hill

Houghton on the Hill, par., W. Norfolk, on river Wissey, 4½ miles SE. of Swaffham, 601 ac., pop. 48; P.O., called Houghton.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Houghton on the Hill CP/AP       Norfolk AncC
Place names: HOUGHTON     |     HOUGHTON ON THE HILL
Place: Houghton on the Hill

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