Description
Fritton, a palish in Suffolk, on the river Waveney, at the boundary with Norfolk, half mile from St Olaves station on the G.E.R., and 7 miles NW by N of Lowestoft. It has a post office under Great Yarmouth; money order office, Belton; telegraph office, Somerleyton. Fritton House and Fritton Decoy are chief residences. Fritton Broad is nearly 3 miles from end to end. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net yearly value, £130 with residence. The church is chiefly Norman, has an apsidal chancel and a Norman circular tower, and contains parts of an ancient screen.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
