Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GAYTON-THORPE

GAYTON-THORPE, a parish in Freebridge-Lynn district, Norfolk; 3 miles NE by E of East Winch r. station, and 8 NW of Swaffham. Post town, Gayton, under Lynn. Acres, 2, 355. Real property, £1, 609; of which £10 are in quarries. Pop., 169. Houses, 32. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of East Walton, in the diocese of Norwich. The church has a circular tower, and is good.


(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: Gayton Thorpe CP/AP       Freebridge Lynn RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Gayton

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