Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STOKE-HOLYCROSS

STOKE-HOLYCROSS, a village and a parish in Henstead district, Norfolk. The village stands 1¼ mile of Swainsthorpe r. station, and 5 S of Norwich; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a post-office under Norwich. The parishcomprises 1,659 acres. Real property, £3,988. Pop., 446. Houses, 96. S. Halland the Woodlands are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £210.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of N. The church is good. There are a home for ten orphan girls, and a fuel allotment of 13 acres.


(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: Henstead RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Stoke Holy Cross

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