Mattishall, Norfolk

Description
Mattishall, a large village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands 3 miles E of Yaxham Junction station on the Wymondham and Dereham branch of the G.E.R., and 4 1/2 ESE of East Dereham. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Dereham. The parish comprises 2316 acres; population of the civil parish, 836 ; of the ecclesiastical, 849. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Pattesley, in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £336 with residence. Patron, Cains College, Cambridge. The church is a large edifice of flint in the Perpendicular style, consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with N and S porches, and with embattled tower, and was restored in 1890-92. There are Congregational and Primitive Methodist chapels, a Friends' meetinghouse, and a fuel allotment of 60 acres.