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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wolterton like this:
WOLTERTON, a parish in Aylsham district, Norfolk; 8 miles W by N of North Walsham r. station. Post town, Aylsham, under Norwich. Acres, 722. Real property, £1,372. Pop., 48. Houses, 13. W. Hall was built in 1741, for Horace Walpole; and belongs now to the Earl of Orford. The living is a rectory, united with Wickmere, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £564.* Patron, the Earl of Orford.
Wolterton is now part of NORTH NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wolterton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wolterton, in North Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4691
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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