Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HINDOLVESTON, or HILDERSTON

HINDOLVESTON, or HILDERSTON, a village and a parish in Aylsham district, Norfolk. The village stands near the river Bure, 3 miles N of Foulsham, and 5 ENE of Ryburgh r. station; and has a post office, of the name of Hindolveston, under Thetford. The parish comprises 2, 490 acres. Real property, £4, 682. Pop., 705. Houses, 164. The property is chiefly divided between two. The manor is held by Lord Hastings, as lessee of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £76. * Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The church comprises nave, N aisle, and chancel, with a tower; and is old but good. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans, a national school, and charities £53.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hindolveston CP/AP       Aylsham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: HILDERSTON     |     HINDOLVESTON     |     HINDOLVESTON OR HILDERSTON
Place: Hindolveston

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