Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOODTON

WOODTON, a parish and a sub-district in Loddon district, Norfolk. The parish lies 5 miles NW of Bungay r. station, and contains a village of its own name. Post town, Bungay. Acres, 2,124. Real property, £3,890. Pop., 531. Houses, 119. The manor belongs to R. Fellowes, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £620. Patron, King's College, Cambridge. The church is ancient but good. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and charities £63.-The sub district contains ten parishes. Acres, 15,498. Pop., 4,216. Houses, 942.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Woodton Parish       Woodton Registration Sub-District       Loddon and Clavering Poor Law Union/Registration District       Norfolk Ancient County
Place: Woodton

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