Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STANHOE

STANHOE, a parish, with a village, in Docking district, Norfolk; on the West Norfolk Junction railway, 4 miles SSW of Burnham-Westgate. It has a post-office under Lynn, and a r. station. Acres, 1,489. Real property, £2,792. Pop., 468. Houses, 107. S. manor belongs to Admiral H. Seymour; and Marshes manor, with S. Hall, to J. Calthrop, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with Barwick, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £531.* Patron, Admiral H. Seymour. The church was recently restored and beautified. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a slightly endowed school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stanhoe CP/AP       Docking RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Stanhoe

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