Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ALDEBY

ALDEBY, a parish and a subdistrict in the district of Loddon, Norfolk. The parish lies on Waveney river, 3 miles NE of Beccles; and it has a station on the Yarmouth branch of the Eastern Union railway, and a post office under Beccles. Acres, 3,056. Real property, £5,108. Pop., 557. Houses, 118. The manor belonged anciently to the cathedral of Norwich, and was made the site of a Benedictine cell. The property is divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £120.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The church is ancient and good, and has a fine door. The subdistrict comprises sixteen parishes. Acres, 24,573. Pop., 4,954. Houses, 1,102.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish and a subdistrict"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Aldeby AP/CP       Aldeby SubD       Loddon and Clavering RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Aldeby

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