SLOLEY, a parish, with a village, in Tunstead district, Norfolk; adjacent to the North Walsham railway, 3½ miles NE by N of Coltishall. Post town, Coltishall, under Norwich. Acres, 719. Real property, £1,659. Pop., 258. Houses, 65. The manor, with S. House, belongs to the Rev. J. White. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £250. Patron, the Rev. J. White. The church was repaired in 1841. There are a free school and some charities.

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