Houghton

Other current and historical names

Houghton New
New Houghton
Houghton Next Harpley
Houghton New Houghton in The Brake

Parish/Community: Houghton
District/Borough: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°49'3"N 0°39'20"E
Eastings/Northings: 579067, 327760
OS Grid: TF790277
Mapcode Local: GBR Q5Y.BMH
Mapcode Global: WHKQ3.1FKT

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Houghton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Houghton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Houghton, New, par. and vil., W. Norfolk, 9½ miles SW. of Fakenham, 1495 ac., pop. 198; in the vicinity of the vil. is Houghton Hall, seat of the Marquis of Cholmondeley.

Houghton in the Domesday Book

A village in Brothercross hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

British Place Names

Houghton, Norfolk

Houghton is a hamlet in Norfolk

Houghton in historic gazetteers

Houghton in the Domesday Book