Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MOULTON (GREAT), or MOULTON-ST. MICHAEL

MOULTON (GREAT), or MOULTON-ST. MICHAEL, a village and a parish in Depwade district, Norfolk. The village stands adjacent to the Great Eastern railway, midway between Tivetshall and Forncett r. stations, and 7 miles NW of Harleston; and has a post office, of the name of Moulton, under Long Stratton. The parish contains also the hamlet of Little Moulton, and comprises 1,347 acres. Real property, £3,485; of which £600 are on the railway. Pop., 442. Houses, 103. The manor belongs to T. and E. Betts, Esqs. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £440. * Patron, W. L. W. Chute, Esq. The church has a round tower, surmounted by an octagonal lantern. There are a national school and charities £21.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Moulton St Michael CP/AP       Norfolk AncC
Place names: GREAT MOULTON     |     MOULTON     |     MOULTON GREAT     |     MOULTON GREAT OR MOULTON ST MICHAEL     |     MOULTON ST MICHAEL
Place: Moulton St Michael

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