Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HALVERGATE

HALVERGATE, a parish in Blofield district, Norfolk; 3 miles SSE of Acle, and 3 N of Reedham r. station. Post town, Acle, under Norwich. Acres, 2, 675. Real property, £, 603. Pop., 541. Houses, 113. The property is subdivided. Much of the land is moor and marsh. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £325. * Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is ancient; has a turretted tower; and was repaired in 1858. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, a national school, a fuel allotment of 16 acres, and charities £5.


(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: Halvergate AP/CP       Blofield RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Halvergate

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