Mulbarton (St. Mary Magdalene)
MULBARTON (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union of Henstead, hundred of Humbleyard, E. division of Norfolk, 5½ miles (S. S. W.) from Norwich; containing 582 inhabitants. The parish was consolidated with Keningham in the year 1452, and the whole comprises 1348a. 26p., of which 967 acres are arable, 284 pasture, 38 woodland, and 48 common. The village is pleasantly situated on the road from Norwich to New Buckenham: petty-sessions are held at the inn, on the first Monday in every month. The living is a rectory, with the living of Keningham, valued in the king's books at £14; net income, £606; patron, G. Lucas, Esq.: the glebe comprises 80 acres, with a house, which has been greatly improved. The church was erected by Sir William de Hoo, and is a handsome structure, partly in the early and partly in the later English style, with a square embattled tower; the windows of the chancel have been lately filled with stained glass. There are no remains of the church of Keningham. Sir Thomas Richardson, chief justice of the common pleas, was born here in 1626.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.