Description
Melton, Little, a rural parish in Norfolk, near the river Yare, 2 1/2 miles N of Hethersett station on the Norwich and Thetford section of the G.E.R., and 5 W by S of Norwich. Post town, Norwich; money order and telegraph office, Hethersett. Acreage, 681; population, 334. The manor and the land belong to the Franks and the Lombe families. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £70 with residence. Patron, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The church is a building of flint in the Perpendicular style, and consists of nave, aisle, and chance], with porch and tower; it has an ancient Norman font and some ancient tombs and brasses. There is a Gospel mission-hall.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
