Description
Morton-on-the-Hill, a parish, with a village, in Norfolk, on the river Wensum, 1 mile S from Attlebridge station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint railway, 5 miles SSE of Reepham station on the East Norfolk section of the G.E.R., and 8 NW of Norwich. It has a post office under Norwich; money order and telegraph office, Lenwade. Acreage, 1009; population, 117. The manor, with Morton Hall, belongs to the Berney family. The hall stands on a rising ground, and commands a beautiful view. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £112. The church is an ancient building of flint in the Gothic style, comprises nave and chancel with S porch, and has a round tower with octagonal top.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
