Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HALES

HALES, a parish in Loddon district, Norfolk; 2½ miles SW by S of Loddon, and 4¾¾ NW of Beccles r. station. Post town, Loddon, under Norwich. Acres, 980. Real property, £1, 978. Pop., 315. Houses, 75. The property is divided among a few. Hales Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage, united with Heckingham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £63. Patron, Sir W. B. Smyth, Bart. The church is Norman, with early English alterations; has a round tower; exhibits quaint and elaborate details; and is in good condition.


(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: Hales CP/AP       Loddon and Clavering RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Hales

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