Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ALBY, or Aldby

ALBY, or Aldby, a parish in Aylsham district, Norfolk; near the river Bure, 4½ miles NNE of Aylsham, and 17 ENE of Elmham r. station. Post Town, Hanworth, under Norwich. Acres, 811. Real property, £1,974. Pop., 231. Houses, 58. The property is divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £140.* Patron, R. Drinkley, Esq. The church is old but good.


(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: Alby CP/AP       Aylsham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: ALBY     |     ALBY OR ALDBY     |     ALDBY
Place: Alby

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