Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for METTON

METTON, a parish in Erpingham district, Norfolk; 3¼ miles S by W of Cromer, and 17 NE of Elmham r. Station. Post town, Ronghton, under Norwich. Acres, 660. Real property, £897. Pop., 78. Houses, 19. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to John Ketton, Esq. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Felbrigg, in the diocese of Norwich. The church was recently in disrepair.


(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: Metton CP/AP       Erpingham RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Metton

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