Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MORSTON

MORSTON, a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; on the coast, 6 miles E of Wells r. station. Post town, Blakeney, under Thetford. Acres, 3,825; of which 1,715 are water. Real property, £1,450. Pop., 153. Houses, 38. The property is divided among a few. The manor and much of the land belong to the Marquis of Townshend. The water area is chiefly low marsh, overflowed by spring tides, and intersected by Blakeney harbour. There is a coast guard station. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Stiffkey, in the diocese of Norwich. The church has a tower, and was recently in disrepair. Charities £4.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Morston AP/CP       Walsingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Morston

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