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"METTON, 3½ miles S. of Cromer, has in its parish only 71 souls, and 660 acres of land, belonging to W.H. Windham, Esq., the lord of the manor and patron of the Church (St. Andrew,) which is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £7, and consolidated with Felbrigg." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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See also Merton, Great Melton and Little Melton.
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- The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of North Erpingham (Walter Rye).
- The parishes covered include Metton.
See Trunch
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
St Andrew, Metton, Church of England |
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
St Andrew, Metton, Church of England |
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Repps, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
- The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
- Church of St Andrew
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Andrew
- Services, etc.
- Cremer, Robert
- The Church of St Margaret, Felbrigg, with notes on the Church of St Andrew, Metton.
[North Walsham, Rounce and Wortley, 1980s]
- Archdeacons' Transcripts
- Baptisms 1725-1812, Marriages 1738-1803 and Burials 1731-1811.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?] - Archdeacons' Transcripts
- Marriages (this is a link to an archived copy).
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Metton was in Erpingham Registration District.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Metton to another place.
Metton is in North Erpingham hundred.
- Inclosure
- See Aylmerton
- and nearby places.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG200374 (Lat/Lon: 52.889072, 1.26806), Metton which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- After 1834 Metton became part of the Erpingham Union, and the workhouses were at Gimingham and Sheringham. These were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham in 1850.
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.