Norfolk: Mautby

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883

MAUTBY, a parish 5˝ miles N.W. of Yarmouth, had only 121 inhabitants in 1881, six scattered farm-houses, and 1626 acres of land, of which 900 are arable, 200 meadow, and 450 marsh, including several modern plantations, and a decoy of 9 acres. The parish is in Flegg union, East Flegg hundred, East and West Flegg petty sessional division, Yarmouth county court district and bankruptcy district, Ormesby polling district of North Norfolk, Flegg rural deanery, and Norwich archdeaconry.

It has a rateable value of about Ł3000, and Robert Fellowes, Esq., is patron of the rectory, lord of the manor, and owner of nearly the whole parish, which was anciently held by the Mautebys, of whom there are some ancient monuments in the church.

The CHURCH (St. Peter and St. Paul) is a small thatched fabric, consisting of a nave and chancel, with a tower, round at the base and octagonal above, containing one bell. In the chancel are sedilia and a piscina, and some of the windows contain fragments of stained glass. The register dates from 1660.

The rectory, valued in the King's Books at Ł13 6s. 8d., has 45A. 2R. of glebe, and is now in the incumbency of the Rev. Charles Fellowes of Shottesham, for whom the Rev. - Budd officiates.

POST via Filby.

	Budd      Rev. Theodore  curate-in-charge, Rectory house
	Brown     John           farmer
	Fellowes  Rev. Chs.      rctr.; h Shottesham
	Fellowes  Robert         farmer and owner; h Shottesham park
	Gibbs     George         parish clerk
	Hewitt    Mrs            farmer, Marsh farm
	Kidman    Fredk.         farmer, Church farm
	Reynolds  Wm.            farm bailiff, Wood frm.
	Wright    -              farmer, Rectory farm