Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SKEYTON

SKEYTON, a parish, with a village, in Aylsham district, Norfolk; 3½ miles SW of North Walsham r. station. Post town, North Walsham, under Norwich. Acres, 1,264. Real property, £2,518. Pop., 341. Houses, 84. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, annexed to Buxton. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Skeyton Parish       Aylsham Poor Law Union/Registration District       Norfolk Ancient County
Place: Skeyton

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