Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOUGHTON-ON-THE-HILL

HOUGHTON-ON-THE-HILL, a parish in Swaffham district, Norfolk; on the river Wissey, 4¾ miles SE of Swaffham r. station. Post town, Swaffham. Acres, 601. Real property, £1, 001. Pop., 49. Houses, 10. The manor belongs to E. A. Applewaite, Esq. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of North Pickenham, in the diocese of Norwich. The church consists of nave and chancel, with a tower.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Houghton on the Hill CP/AP       Swaffham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Houghton on the Hill

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