Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOE, or Hoo

HOE, or Hoo, a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; adjacent to the Norwich and Wells railway, 2½ miles N by E of East Dereham. Post town, Dereham. Acres, 1, 400. Real property, £2, 057. Pop., 169. Houses, 41. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Rev. Henry Lombe. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of East Dereham, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is good, and has a low tower. There are charities £24, and a poors' allotment of 12 acres.


(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: Hoe Hmlt/CP/Ch       Mitford and Launditch RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: HOE     |     HOE OR HOO     |     HOO
Place: Hoe

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