Belton, a village and a parish in Suffolk, on the G.E.R. and river Waveney, 4 1/2 miles SW by W of Yarmouth. The parish has a station on the railway, and includes the hamlet of Browston. Post town, Yarmouth; telegraph office, Gorleston. Acreage, 2057 ; population, 752. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net yearly value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is old but good, and has a round tower, which was rebuilt in 1849. The main building was restored in 1881. There is also a small Primitive Methodist chapel and a public institute and reading room.
