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Scottow, Norfolk

Historical Description

Scottow, a scattered village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands 2 miles NW of Coltishall station on the East Norfolk section of the G.E.R., 1½ SW of Worstead station on the Cromer branch of the same line, 4 SSW of North Walsham, and 10 from Norwich. It has a post office under Norwich; money order and telegraph office, Coltishall. The parish comprises 2126 acres; population, 379. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. Scottow Hall, a seat of the Durrant family, is a large country mansion standing in a pleasant park. The manor and most of the land belong to the Durrant family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £196 with residence. The church is a building of flint in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and a lofty embattled western tower.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyNorfolk 
Ecclesiastical parishScottow All Saints 
HundredSouth Erpingham 
Poor Law unionAylsham 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Scottow from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Scottow are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictNorth Norfolk
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtNR10
Post TownNorwich

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