Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CALTHORPE

CALTHORPE, a parish in Aylsham district, Norfolk; on an affluent of the river Bure, 2¾ miles W of the line of the projected railway to Cromer, 3¼ N of Aylsham, and 15 ENE of Elmham r. station. Post Town, Aylsham, under Norwich. Acres, 1,048. Real property, £2,328. Pop., 187. Houses, 44. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £143.* Patron, Sir W. Foster, Bart. The church is good; and there are charities £43.


(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: Calthorpe Parish       Aylsham Poor Law Union/Registration District       Norfolk Ancient County
Place: Calthorpe

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