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Saint Michael's Church, Great Moulton
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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 £752-0-0d.
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. |
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Extracts taken from Saint Michael's Church, Great Moulton. A Short History and Guide (By
M L Quantrill 1999) |
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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). |
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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). |
