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Moulton (St. Michael)

MOULTON (St. Michael), a parish, in the union and hundred of Depwade, E. division of Norfolk, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Long Stratton; containing 444 inhabitants. The parishes of Great and Little Moulton were formerly distinct, but on the demolition of the church of the latter (All Saints) in 1570, they were united; the site of the ancient church is called the Sanctuary. The living of Great Moulton is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £6. 13. 4., and in the gift of W. W. Chute, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £453, and the glebe comprises 20 acres. The church is a handsome structure, chiefly in the later English style, with a square embattled tower; it contains a font elaborately sculptured. A parsonage-house, in the Italian style, was built in 1831, by the Rev. J. S. Wiggett. The living of Little Moulton is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £4. 3. 1½.; patron, S. Webster, Esq. The pious, learned, and eloquent preacher, John Moulton, a Carmelite friar, who flourished about the year 1400, was born at Moulton.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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