Description
Hales, a village and a parish in Norfolk, 2 miles SW by S from Loddon and 4 SW from Reedham station on the G.E.R. It has a post office under Norwich; money order and telegraph office, Loddon. Acreage, 986; population of the civil parish, 289; of the ecclesiastical, with Heckingham, 546. The living is a vicarage, united with Heckingham, in the diocese of Norwich; joint gross value, £88. Patron, Sir W. B. Smyth, Bart. The church is Norman, with Early English alterations, has a round tower, exhibits quaint and elaborate details, and is in good condition. There is a small Wesleyan chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
