Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HELHOUGHTON, or HELLOUGHTON

HELHOUGHTON, or HELLOUGHTON, a village and a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk. The village stands on the river Wensum, 4½ miles SW by W of Fakenham r. station; and has a post office under Brandon. The parish comprises 1, 637 acres. Real property, £2, 11 1. Pop., 346. Houses, 69. The manor, with most of the property, belongs to the Marquis of Townshend. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of South Raynham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £258. * Patron, the Marquis of Townshend. The church is a plain edifice, with a tower. Charities, £29.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Helhoughton CP/AP       Walsingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: HELHOUGHTON     |     HELHOUGHTON OR HELLOUGHTON     |     HELLOUGHTON
Place: Helhoughton

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