Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CANTLEY

CANTLEY, a parish in Blofield district, Norfolk; on the river Yare and the Yarmouth railway, 10 miles ESE of Norwich. It has a station on the railway and a post office under Norwich. Acres, 1,850. Real property, £2,862. Pop., 235. Houses, 49. Cantley House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £203.* Patron, W. A. Gilbert, Esq.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cantley Parish       Blofield Poor Law Union/Registration District       Norfolk Ancient County
Place: Cantley

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