Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SCOTTOW

SCOTTOW, a village and a parish in Aylsham district, Norfolk. The village stands 4½ miles S S W of North Walsham r. station and 10 from Norwich; and has a post-office under Norwich, an inn called the Horse Shoes, and an Odd Fellows' meeting-room. The parish comprises 2, 120 acres. Real property, £4, 472. Pop. in 1851, 550; in 1861, 454. Houses, 102. The manor belongs to Sir H. J. Durrant, Bart. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Belaugh, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is good, and has a high tower. There are a parochial school and a poors' allotment of 21 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: Scottow CP/AP       Aylsham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Scottow

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