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WOOTTON (North), a parish, with a village, in Freebridge-Lynn district, Norfolk; adjacent to Wootton r. station, and 3¼ miles N by E of Lynn. Post town, South Wootton, under Lynn. Acres, 4,968; of which 3,125 are foreshore or reclaimed land in the Wash. Real property, £2,342. Pop., 247. Houses, 45. The manor belongs to the Hon. Mrs. Howard. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £265.* Patron, the Hon. Mrs. Howard. The church was recently rebuilt, and is in the early English style. There is an endowed national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | North Wootton Parish Freebridge Lynn Poor Law Union/Registration District Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place names: | NORTH WOOTTON | WOOTTON | WOOTTON NORTH |
| Place: | North Wootton |
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