Great Moulton, Norfolk
Historical Description
Moulton, Great, or Moulton St Michael, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands adjacent to the G.E.R., 2 miles N from Tivetshall, 3 S from Forncett station, and 7 NW of Harleston, and has a post office, of the name of Moulton, under Long Stratton; money order and telegraph office, Long Stratton. The parish contains also the hamlet of Little Moulton, and comprises 1398 acres; population, 373. The manor belongs to the Betts family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £300 with residence. The church is a small building of flint and stone in the Perpendicular style. It was restored in 1887. A tomb of the 14th century is in the churchyard. There is a town estate of 10 acres.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Maps
Online maps of Great Moulton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:
- Norwich Mercury
- Norfolk Chronicle
- Diss Express
- Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal
- Norfolk News
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.