Description
Letton, a parish in Norfolk, at the source of the river Blackwater, 4 miles W of Thuxton station on the G.E.R., and 6 SSW of East Dereham. Post town, Shipdham, under Watton (S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Shipdham. Acreage, 1287 ; population, 119. Letton Hall is a mansion of white brick, designed by Sir John Soane, standing in a park of 300 acres. It belongs, with the manor and all the lands, to the Gurdons. The living of Cranworth-cum-Letton is a rectory, annexed to that of Southburgh; joint net value, £250 with residence. Population of the united ecclesiastical parish, 586. There is no church.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
