Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TROWSE

TROWSE, a parish in Henstead and Norwich districts, Norfolk. The Henstead part lies on the Norwich and Wymondham railway, 1 mile S of Norwich r. station: bears the name of T. Newton; and has a post-office under Norwich, and a r. station. Acres, 1,153. Real property, £3,500; of which £160 are in the railway. Pop., 717. Houses, 150. The Norwich part lies within Norwich city; and comprises the hamlets of T.-Millgate, Carrow, and Brecondale. Real property, £3,534. Pop., 687. Houses, 157. Crown Point, a mansion erected in 1866, is the seat of R. J. Harvey, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with Lakenham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £361. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of N. The church is later English. There are national and British schools.


(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: Trowse With Newton CP/AP       Norfolk AncC
Place: Trowse

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