Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HORNINGTOFT

HORNINGTOFT, a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; 3 miles NW of Elmham r. station, and 5 S of Fakenham. Post town, Litcham, under Swaffham. Acres, 1, 405. Real property, £2, 389. Pop., 248. Houses, 59. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Mrs. Talbot. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Whissonsett, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is ancient but good; and the tower of it fell in 1796.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Horningtoft AP/CP       Mitford and Launditch RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Horningtoft

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