Norfolk: Moulton St Mary

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845

MOULTON village is scattered on a pleasant acclivity, 9 miles W. of Yarmouth, and includes within its parish 235 inhabitants, and about 1000 acres of land. Lady Cath. Melville owns the whole, except 200 acres, and is lady of the manor, impropriator, and patroness of the Church (St Mary,) which is a vicarage, valued in the King's Books at Ł5.6s.3d., and in 1831 at Ł185. It has 12A. of glebe, and Ł200 of Queen Anne's Bounty, obtained in 1775. The Rev. George Burgess is the incumbent. The Church Land consists of 3˝ acres, given by Henry Palmer in 1523. The Poor's Allotment, 9A.2R.22P., was awarded at the enclosure in 1803, and is now let for Ł20.

Directory:

	Broom   John          miller
	Tills   Robert        blacksmith

	   farmers.

	Boult   Edward Rising
	Boult   Wm.
	Burcham Isaac
	Walnes  John

Note "Walnes" might be a misprint for "Warnes".

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