Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EASTON

EASTON, a parish in Forehoe district, Norfolk; on an affluent of the river Wensum, near Costessey Park, 5 miles NE by N of Kimberley r. station and 6½ WNW of Norwich. It has a post office under Norwich. Acres, 1, 576. Real property, £2, 485. Pop., 233. Houses, 54. Easton Lodge is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, not reported. Patron, E. R. Fellows, Esq. The church is ancient. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans.


(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: Easton CP/AP       Forehoe RegD/PLU/Inc       Norfolk AncC
Place: Easton

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