Great Melton, Norfolk

Description
Melton, Great, a parish, with a village, in Norfolk, near the river Yare, 2 1/2 miles NW from Hethersett station on the Norwich and Thetford section of the G.E.R., and 4 NE by N of Wymondham. Post town, Norwich; money order and telegraph office, Hethersett. Acreage, 2527; population, 322. The manor, Melton Hall, and most of the land belong to the Rev H. E. Lombe, who resides at Melton Hall, an ancient Tudor mansion erected in 1611. The present parish comprises two ancient parishes, Melton St Mary and Melton All Saints, consolidated in the time of Queen Anne. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £598 with residence. Patron, Caius College, Cambridge. The Church of St Mary was Later English, and consisted of nave and chancel, with S porch and small tower; but having become very much dilapidated, it was pulled down in 1883. The Church of All Saints, after being a ruin from 1710, has been rebuilt since 1883, and is now a building of flint and stone in the Decorated style.