Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WRETTON

WRETTON, a parish in Downham district, Norfolk; 1 mile W of Stoke-Ferry, and 6 ESE of Downham r. station. Post town, Stoke-Ferry, under Brandon. Acres, 1,154. Real property, £2,380. Pop., 490. Houses, 108. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Wereham. The church is good; and there are a Primitive Methodist chapel and charities £16.


(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: Wretton CP/AP       Downham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Wretton

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