Great Moulton
| Great Moulton | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 The Fox and Hounds, Great Moulton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM166901 |
| Location: | 52°27’59"N, 1°11’19"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 751 (2011) |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR15 |
| Dialling code: | 01379 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Norfolk |
Great Moulton is a village in Norfolk, beside Aslacton. Until the 16th century. The civil parish had a population of 751 at the 2011 Census,
History
Great Moulton is mentioned in Domesday Book five times and had a relatively large population for a rural Norfolk village, consisting of more than seventy households, as well as a church. The lord in 1086 was Count Alan of Brittany.[1]
In the 1870s, Great Moulton was described as:
... Adjacent to the Great Eastern railway, midway between Tivetshall and Forncett stations, and seven miles NW of Harleston; and has a pub called Fox and Hound, of the name of Moulton, under Long Stratton. The parish contains also the hamlet of Little Moulton, and comprises 1,347 acres. The church has a round tower, surmounted by an octagonal lantern[2]
In 1924, Charles Chute gave the advowson of the parish to Bertram Pollock, Bishop of Norwich, and his successors.
Chapel
A chapel originally found in Great Moulton was donated to the Museum of East Anglian Life and is a "tin tabernacle", which is common in the area.[3] It was built in the 1890s and cost the equivalent of £20,000 in today's money. The community built a new chapel in the 1990s which is why the previous was donated.[4]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Great Moulton) |
References
- ↑ {{OpenDomesday|TM1690|Moulton (st Michael)}
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1678.
- ↑ "Museum of East Anglian Life – Our buildings". http://eastanglianlife.org.uk/collections/our-buildings/gt-moulton-chapel.html.
- ↑ "Great Moulton tin church, Stowmarket". http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/greatmoulton.htm.