Metton, Norfolk
Historical Description
Metton, a parish in Norfolk, 3½ miles S by W of Cromer stations on the G.E.R. and Midland and Great Northern Joint railways, and 9 NW from North Walsham. Post town, Roughton, under Norwich; money order office, Cromer; telegraph office, Aldborongh. Acreage, 671; population of the civil parish, 94; of the ecclesiastical, with Felbrigg, 248. The manor belongs to the Ketton family. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Felbrigg, in the diocese of Norwich; joint net value, £268 with residence. The church, a small building of stone in the Early English and Tudor styles, has a brass of 1493 and a modern memorial window.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Norfolk | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Metton St. Andrew | |
| Hundred | North Erpingham | |
| Poor Law union | Erpingham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.
Findmypast, in conjunction with Norfolk Record Office have the following parish records online for Metton:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1738-1902 | 1738-1902 | 1738-1842 | 1738-1912 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Metton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Metton (St. Andrew))
Maps
Online maps of Metton 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.