HOWE, a parish in Loddon district, Norfolk; 3¾ miles ESE of Swainsthorpe r. station, and 6½ SSE of Norwich. Post town, Brooke, under Norwich. Acres, 754. Real property, £1, 215. Pop., 113. Houses, 21. The manor belongs to the Rev. J. Holmes. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Little Poringland, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £400.* Patron, the Rev.Wheler. The church is ancient, has a round tower, and was restored in 1864. A school has £12 a year from endowment, and other charities have £7.

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