Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Houghton, New

Houghton, New, par. and vil., W. Norfolk, 9½ miles SW. of Fakenham, 1495 ac., pop. 198; in the vicinity of the vil. is Houghton Hall, seat of the Marquis of Cholmondeley.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Houghton CP/AP       Norfolk AncC
Place names: HOUGHTON     |     HOUGHTON NEW     |     NEW HOUGHTON
Place: Houghton

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