Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WITTON

WITTON, a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk; 3½ miles ENE of North Walsham r. station. Post town, North Walsham, under Norwich. Acres, 1,746. Real property, £2,774. Pop., 269. Houses, 54. W. Hall is the seat of Lord Wode house . The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £136. Patron, the Bishop of N. The church has a round tower, and is good. There are an endowed school with £10 a year, and charities £37.


(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: Witton Parish       Smallburgh Poor Law Union/Registration District       Norfolk Ancient County
Place: Witton

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