Ketteringham, Norfolk

Description
Ketteringham, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands 1 1/4 mile SSW of Hethersett station on the G.E.R., and 6 miles SW of Norwich, and has a post office under Wymondham; money order and telegraph office, Hethersett. The parish comprises 1609 acres; population, 208. The manor belonged at the Conquest to Robert de Vaux, passed to the Greys, the Hevinghams, and the Atkynses, and belongs now to the Boileau family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; net yearly value,, £144. The church is a building of flint and stone in the Perpendicular style. It contains several interesting ancient tombs and monuments. Ketteringham Hall, the property of the Boileau family, is a fine castellated mansion standing in a well-timbered park of 500 acres.