Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOUGHTON-IN-THE-HOLE, or HOUGHTON-le-Dale

HOUGHTON-IN-THE-HOLE, or HOUGHTON-le-Dale, a parish in Walsingham district, Norfolk; on the river Stiffkey, and on the Norwich and Wells railway, 1 mile SSW of New Walsingham. Post town, New Walsingham, under Fakenham. Acres, 978. Real property, £1, 615. Pop., 191. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Henry L. Warner, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £148. Patron, H. L. Warner, Esq. The church is decorated English, and has a fine E window, and remains of a carved screen. A small ancient chapel, on the W side of the parish, is supposed to have belonged to Walsingham abbey; and was converted into.a barn..


(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: Houghton St Giles CP/AP       Walsingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: HOUGHTON IN THE HOLE     |     HOUGHTON IN THE HOLE OR HOUGHTON LE DALE     |     HOUGHTON LE DALE
Place: Houghton St Giles

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