Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SWANTON-NOVERS

SWANTON-NOVERS, a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; 5 miles N E by E of Ryburgh r. station. Post town, Briningham, under Thetford. Acres, 1,315. Real property, £2,105. Pop., 315. houses, 68. S. house is the seat ofAtkinson, Esq. The living is a rectory, annexed to Wood-Norton. The church's chancel was rebuilt in 1821. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(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: Swanton Novers CP/AP       Walsingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Swanton Novers

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.