Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CASTON

CASTON, a parish in Wayland district, Norfolk; 3¾ miles SE of Watton, and 6 WNW of Attleborough r. station. It has a post office under Attleborough. Acres, 1,557. Real property, £3,122. Pop., 510. Houses, 116. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £495.* Patron, Henry Dover, Esq. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a n. school, and charities £10.


(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: Caston AP/CP       Wayland RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Caston

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