Description
Morston, a parish in Norfolk, on the coast, 6 miles E of Wells station on the G.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Blakeney, under East Dereham. Acreage, 1694; population of the civil parish, 162; of the ecclesiastical, with Stiffkey, 612. The manor and much of the land belong to the Marquis of Townshend. In addition to the area given there is a large tract, chiefly low marsh, overflowed by spring tides, and intersected by Blakeney Harbour. There is a coastguard station. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Stiffkey, in the diocese of Norwich; joint gross value, £521 with residence. Patron, the Marquis of Townshend. The church is an edifice -of rubble in the Early English style.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
