Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WALTON (East)

WALTON (East), a parish in Freebridge-Lynn district, Norfolk; 1½ mile N of Narborough r. station, and 8 ESE of Lynn. Post town, Lynn. Acres, 2,659. Real property, £1,663. Pop., 175. Houses, 36. The manor belongs to A. Hamond, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with Gayton-Thorpe, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £424.* Patron, A. Hamond, Esq. The church is later English. There are a national school, and charities £24.


(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: East Walton Parish       Freebridge Lynn Poor Law Union/Registration District       Norfolk Ancient County
Place names: EAST WALTON     |     WALTON     |     WALTON EAST
Place: East Walton

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