Church Gt Mo

The Church was restored and re-roofed in 1863, and
again re-roofed and re-floored, new windows inserted
and re-seated with open benches in 1887. The 1887
restoration cost Ł752-0-0d.

At the south-west corner of the churchyard is a very fine
altar tomb, probably 15th century. On the sides are
carved shields and quarterfoils, but no arms or
inscriptions.

The parish has been known
as Moulton Magna with
Moulton Parva, Great and
Little Moulton, Great Moulton
and more recently as
Moulton St Michael - then in
December 1960, under the
Local Government Act,
1933, Section 147(4) at the
request of the Parish
Council, the name of the said
parish of Moulton St Michael
was changed to Great
Moulton (to avoid confusion).

Great Moulton is a small village which has probably been settled for well over a
thousand years, as it lies just west of a Roman road. Situated thirteen miles south-west
of Norwich in the Rural Deanery of Depwade, Archdeaconry of Norfolk and Diocese of
Norwich.

The parish, includes Moulton Parva formerly a separate parish, also known as Little
Moulton, which also had a church dedicated to All Saints. This was demolished in
1570 and its site is now called the Sanctuary. They were united in the 16th century.

St Michael's is quite probably a Saxon foundation but mediaeval rebuilding and rather
thorough Victorian restorations have obscured any definite evidence of this period. A
building of flint and freestone, mostly in the Perpendicular style of architecture,
consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and a low embattled tower at the
west end, containing one bell, which bears this inscription - Anno Domini 1634 (By
Wm. Brend).