MOULTON, 9 miles N.N.E. of Diss, and 6 miles E. by N. of New Buckenham, has in its parish 444 souls, and 1346 acres of land, anciently in two parishes, called Great and Little Moulton, but the church of the latter (All Saints,) was demolished in 1570, and its site is now called the Sanctuary. Mr. Wm. Betts is lord of the manor of Moulton, but part of the parish is in the manors of Aslacton and Forncett. The soil belongs to various owners. The Church (St. Michael,) is a small fabric, and the living is a rectory, valued in the King’s Book at £6. 13s. 4d., and now having 20A. of glebe, a handsome residence, erected about ten years ago, and a yearly rent of £470, awarded in 1840, in lieu of tithes. W. L. W. Chute, Esq., M.P., is the patron, and the Rev. Thomas Howes, M.A., is the incumbent.
William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845)
Great Moulton baptisms PD 489-1 1557-1678
Great Moulton baptisms PD 489-2 1695-1783
Great Moulton baptisms PD 489-3 1783-1812
Great Moulton burials PD 489-1 1557-1678
Great Moulton burials PD 489-2 1695-1783
Great Moulton burials PD 489-3 1783-1812
Great Moulton marriages PD 489-1 1557-1678
Great Moulton marriages PD 489-2 1695-1754
Great Moulton marriages PD 489-5 1755-1812
Further registers for Great Moulton are included in the FreeReg database.
- Great Moulton is part of the Depwade Hundred.
- Some history of Great Moulton.
- Great Moulton was also known as Moulton Magna.
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