Middleton, Norfolk

Description
Middleton, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands 1 1/2 mile N of the river Nar, and 3 1/2 miles SE of Kings Lynn, and has a station, 1 1/2 mile N from the village, on the Lynn and Dereham section of the G.E.R., and a post office under Lynn; money order and telegraph office, East Winch. The parish comprises 3045 acres; population, 882. Middleton Tower, Middleton Hall, and Valleyfield are chief residences. The tower was built in the time of Henry VI. by the Lords Scales, was restored and enlarged in 1860, and has an old brick turreted gateway 54 feet by 27. Black-borough Priory, in the vale of the Nar, was founded in the time of Henry II. for Benedictine nuns. Middleton Stop Drain runs to the Wash at Lynn. A lofty circular mound, surrounded by a deep fosse, is near the church. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £227 with residence. The church is an ancient building of carr stone and brick in the Early English style, and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel and some small charities. Fair Green, Black-borough, and Tower End are adjacent hamlets.