Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOVETON-ST. PETER

HOVETON-ST. PETER, a parish in Tunstead district, Norfolk; near the river Bure, 9 miles NE of Norwich r. station. It has a post office under Norwich. Acres, 952. Real property, £2, 356. Pop., 131. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few. Hoveton Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Hoveton-St. John, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £134. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is a brick structure of 1624, and was recently in bad 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: Hoveton St Peter AP/CP       Smallburgh RegD/Inc/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Hoveton St Peter

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