Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SANTON-HOUSE

SANTON-HOUSE, a parish in Thetford district, Norfolk; on the river Brandon, and on the Brandon and Norwich railway, 3¼ miles E of Brandon r. station. Post-town, Brandon. Acres, 1, 500. Real property, £264. Pop., 55. Houses, 8. The manor belongs to Lord W. Powlett. The land is chiefly heath and wood, aboundingwith game. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £80. Patron, Lord W. Powlett. The church is good.


(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: Thetford RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Santon

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