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Terrington St Clement's Church, Station 5 m. from Lynn.

(This church and those of Tilney and Walpole may be visited during a day's journey).

An interesting ramble may be enjoyed in the neighbourhood of the docks, and by strolling along the riverside towards the Wash the visitor may gain a good idea of Marshland.

The river Ouse is crossed by a ferry and an iron bridge. The chief hotels are the Globe and Cozen's Temperance.

Lynn, North. - A decayed parish 1 m. N.W. from Lynn. The church has disappeared.

Lynn, South. - A parish forming part of Lynn.

Lynn, West. - A village opposite Lynn on the west side of the Great Ouse. Access to it is obtained by a ferry and bridge. The church, dating from the latter part of the thirteenth century, contains a fine brass dated 1503, to Sir Adam Outlawe, and an ancient octagonal font.

Mannington. - A parish 2 m. N.E. from Corpusty station. The church is in ruins.

Marham. - A village 4 m. S.W. from Narborough station. The church contains a tomb with chalk effigies, dated 1603. Some remains of a Cistercian nunnery, founded in 1249 by Maud, wife of John Fitzalan, fifth Earl of Arundel, may be seen at a farmhouse near the church.

Markshall. - A parish on the Tas, 2½ m. S. from Norwich. The church is in ruins.

Marlingford. - A scattered village 5 m. N. from Hethersett station. The church contains a Norman font and has a Norman doorway.

Marsh am. - A large village 2 m. S. from Ayfsham. The church contains a font on which are carved the seven Sacraments; also an ancient painted screen. On Marsham Heath are several pits similar to those at Aylmerton.

Martham. - A large village with a station 10 m. N.N.W. from Yarmouth. The church is a fine Perpendicular building, very completely restored in 1855 in memory of one of its rectors, whose altar tomb is within. The font has the seven Sacraments carved upon it, and there is some good carving on the south doors. There is a small broad in this parish. Inn: Swan.

Massingham, Great. - A village 1½ m. S. from Little Massingham station.

Massingham, Little. - A village, with a station (Massingham), 10 m. N. from Swaffham. The church is Early English, and contains a monument to Sir Charles Mordaunt, dated 1648. This station is the nearest to Houghton Hall, built by Sir Robert Walpole.

Matlaske. - A parish 4½ m. N.N.E. from Corpusty station,

Mattishall. - A large village 3 m. E. from Yaxham junction.

Mattishall Burgh. - A parish 3½ m. E. by N. from Yaxham junction.

Mautby. - A parish on the Bure, 3 m. W. from Caister station. The church contains a tomb, with a cross-legged effigy in armour, to a member of the Mautby family. There are frequent references to this place in the "Paston Letters," Margaret Paston having inherited the manor from her father, John Mautby.

Melton Constable. - A village, with a junction station, 8 m. E.N,E. from Fakenham. The church has a Norman central tower, and contains a family pew, erected in 1681, for the Astleys, Barons Hastings, whose country seat, "Melton Constable," is, one of the finest in Norfolk. It was built about 1680, is surrounded by terraces, and stands in a large park stocked with deer. In it are some good pictures, one of the finest collections of old china in England, a valuable collection of mediaeval treasures, and another of arms and armour; also a military uniform worn by Sir Jacob Astley, who was Sergeant-Major of the army of Charles I., and some relics of Queen Elizabeth.

Melton, Great. - A parish about 3 m. N.W. from Hethersett station. The Hall is a mansion in the Elizabethan style, built in 1611.

Melton, Little. - A scattered parish 2 m. N. from Hethersett station. The church contains a Norman font, a carved chancel screen, a brass dated 1604, and others more recent.

Mendham. - A village 2 m. S.E. from Harleston station. The greater part of the village is in Suffolk.

Merton. - A parish 2 m. S. from Watton station. The church contains a good Decorated chancel screen, and a fine carved oak font cover reaching nearly to the roof; also two brass shields bearing the de Grey quarterings. The Hall, the seat of Lord Walsingham, was built in 1613, but has been thoroughly restored. It is in the Elizabethan style.

Methwold. - A large village 4 m. S.W. from Stoke Ferry station. The church has a fifteenth century roof with some good and interesting carving, and contains the remains of a fine brass to Sir Adam de Clifton, dated 1367, A tithe barn still standing here is that of the Augustinian priory of Bramwell (later Broomhill).

Melton. - A parish 3½ m. S. from Cromer. There is a fifteenth century brass in the church.

Middleton. - A village, with a station, 4 m. S.S.E. from Lynn. A lofty gate-tower here is all that remains of a hunting castle belonging to the Lords Scales. It was restored and enlarged in 1860. About a mile south of the village are the ruins of Black- borough Priory, founded by Roger Scales in the reign of Henry I.

Mileham. - A parish 4½ m. N.E, from Fransham station. The birthplace of Sir Edward Coke, the famous Lord Chief Justice, who was buried, in 1634, in Tittleshall Church, about 2 m. N.W. from Mileham. The house in which he was born, in 1552, has been pulled down. Here are some remains of a castle, believed to have been built by Alan, son of Flaad, to whom the manor was given by the Conqueror.

Mintlyn. - A decayed parish 2½ m. E. by S. from Lynn. The church is in ruins.

Morley St BotoLPH. - A village 3 m. W. by S. from Wymondham.

Morley St Peter. - A small parish 2 m. N.W. from Spooner Row station. The Old Hall, an Elizabethan moated manor- house, is now a farmhouse.

Morningthorpe. - a village about 4 m. E. from Forncett station. The church contains a fine altar tomb and, in front of the western gallery, an oak carving of the royal arms. Boyland Hall, in this parish, is an Elizabethan house, built in 1571. It has a a bust of Queen Elizabeth, removed from Tilbury House, above one of the entrances.

Morston. - A parish 6 m. E. from Wells and 1 m. from the coast. The church contains an ancient screen and font, and a brass dated 1596.

Morton-on-the-Hill. - A village on the Wensum, 1 m. S. from Attlebridge station.

Moulton. - A scattered parish 2 in. N. from Cantley station. The church is an ancient building in the early Norman style.

Moulton St Michael. - A village 2 m. N. from Tivetshall station. There is a fourteenth-century tomb in the churchyard; also a stone to a member of the Wykeham family.

Mulbarton-with-Kenningham. - A village surrounding a large green, 2 m. W. from Swainstliorpe station.

MUNDESLEY. - A rising seaside health and pleasure resort, with a station, 8 m. S.E. from Cromer. Though still only a village, Mundesley is fast gaining favour on account of its excellent beach and bathing, bold cliffs, and picturesque surroundings. Every year sees an increase in its accommodation for visitors, and it has already become an enterprising rival to Cromer. The church was originally a fine building, but its tower and chancel are now in ruins, service being held in a small portion of the nave. The G.E. R. issue week-end, fortnightly, and tourist tickets from London and most of the principal stations to Mundesley. Visitors will find accommodation at the Royal, Clarence, and Old Ship Hotels, the Lifeboat Inn, the Tower Boarding-House, and elsewhere in the village.

There are many places of interest in the neighbourhood, including Bromholm Priory, Knapton, Paston, and Trunch Churches, Overstrand, Sidestrand, Trimingham, and Cromer. Others are mentioned under Cromer.

Mundford. - A parish 4½ m. N.E. from Brandon station.

Mundham. - A village 2½ m. W. from Loddon and 6 m. N. from Ditchingham station. The church is an ancient building in the Norman style, with a good Norman south doorway.

Narborough. - A village, with a station, 5½ N.W. from Swaffham. The church contains several brasses to the Spelman family; also a window containing some old glass and a shield of the Spelman arms. Narborough Hall was built by John Spelman, Justice of the Common Pleas, in the reign of Henry VIII. A curious earthwork extends from Narborough to Caldecott, a distance of about 9 miles.

Narford. - A parish 1½ m. N.E. from Narborough station. Narford Hall, the seat of the Fountaines, was built by Sir Andrew Fountaine, who was knighted by William III. This Sir Andrew was vice-chamberlain to the Prince of Wales in 1726, and a friend of Pope and Swift.

Neatishead. - A village between the Bure and the Ant, m. N.E. from Wroxham station. The church was originally a much larger building.

Necton. - A village 1½ m. N. from Holme Hale station. The church has a curiously wrought roof adorned with ten large figures of angels, carved in oak, below which, on brackets, are the twelve Apostles. Adjoining the chancel is a chapel of St Catherine. The pulpit of carved oak dates from 1636. There are brasses here to Ismena de Wynston (1372), Philippa de Beauchamp (1384), and two others of the sixteenth century.

Needham. - A scattered village 1½ m. S.W. from Harleston station,

Newton-by-Castle-Acre. - A village 3 m. N.W. from Dunham station. The church is said to date from the reign of Edward the Confessor.

Newton Flotman. - A village 1½ m. N.E. from Flordon station. In the church is a brass of the Blondeville family, with dates from 1400 to 1638.

Newton, West. - A village 2 m. E. from Wolferton station and adjoining Sandringham. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales is the chief landowner, and has erected a number of cottages, also a clubhouse, for the villagers. The church, an ancient Caen stone building in the Perpendicular style, was until recently in a very dilapidated state; but has now been restored at the expense of the Prince of Wales and other members of the royal family. The chancel stalls were given by the Duke of Edinburgh, and the reredos by the late Duke of Albany. The west window was filled with painted glass at the cost of Prince and Princess Christian, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, Princess Louise, and the Marquis of Lorne. Her Majesty the Queen gave the organ; the Emperor Frederick III. and the Empress of Germany the altar cross, candlesticks, and flower vases; the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge the altar cloth; Lord Colville of Culross an alms dish; and the prayer desks and pulpit were presented by members of the Sandringham household.

Nordelph. - A hamlet forming part of Upwell, 4 m. W. from Downham.

Northrepps. - A village 2 m. S.E. from Cromer. Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart., the slave emancipator, formerly occupied the Hall. He died here, and is buried in the ruined church at Overstrand. The Hall is an Elizabethan house, considerably modernised.

North wold. - A village 3 m. S.E. from Stoke Ferry station. The church has a finely painted and ornamented nave roof, and contains a remarkable Easter sepulchre on the north side of the chancel. It is 12 feet high and 9 feet long, and in front are four sleeping soldiers. There is an ancient stone cross in the village.

Norton Subcourse. - A scattered village 3½ m. S.W. from Reedham station.

Norwich. - A city and county in itself, the chief town of Norfolk, situated on the Wensum just above its junction with the Yare, distant about 20 m. W. from Yarmouth and 113 from London.

The Cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was founded by Bishop Herbert de Lozinga in 1096, and is chiefly in the Norman style, with Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular insertions and additions. Its entire length is 407 feet; width, including the aisles, 97 feet; breadth across the transepts, 178 feet; height of vaulting, 73 feet; and height of tower with spire, 315 feet. The choir with its aisles and chapels, the transepts and the central tower, were built by the founder, whose work extended so far as the altar of Holy Cross in the nave; but his successor, Bishop Eborard, extended nave and aisles westward, his work being completed by John of Oxford, who was bishop from 1175. During the thirteenth century conflicts between the monks and the citizens resulted in considerable damage to the building; but it was restored and reconsecrated in the presence of Edward I. and his queen. A wooden spire was erected in 1295 by Bishop Walpole, who also commenced the cloisters; but it was blown down in 1362, and replaced in 1364-9 by a stone spire. The cloisters were completed in 1430. Bishop Goldwell (1472-99) expended a considerable sum in repairing the spire, which had been struck by lightning; erecting a chanting chapel, and constructing the choir, to support which he added a series of flying buttresses. The west front is the work of Bishop Alnwick, whose successor designed the stone vaulting of the nave. The north and south transepts were vaulted by Bishop Nyx early in the sixteenth century.

The Rev. G. B. Doughty, B.A., in an interesting monograph, writes: - "The splendid spire of the Cathedral... does not impress one from this point (the west aspect) with a sense of its height or particular beauty. Yet it is the second tallest spire in England, Salisbury being the first. But stand close under the west window and look eastward up the nave; you cannot fail to be struck by the pureness of its Norman style. This nave comprises no less than fourteen bays, and again stands second amongst English Cathedrals, this time in point of length, St Alban's having the advantage. The length of the Norwich nave is not so apparent at first sight owing to the fact that three of its bays are included by the choir screen. The fact that the organ on the screen is somewhat insignificant in size is perhaps an advantage, as the eye can take in the whole sweep of the richly vaulted and embossed roof. It is only possible to convey a faint idea of the richness of this roof with its numerous intersections and remarkable bosses, each of which will repay inspection through a pair of good glasses. There are over three hundred of these bosses, representing Bible history from the time of Solomon to Christ.... Norwich Cathedral possesses the only stone Episcopal Throne we know to exist in England.... In the procession path north of the presbytery a pretty glimpse is obtained of the entrance to the Jesus Chapel, together with a low arch upholding a loft, once reached by a winding staircase, supposed by some to have been a reliquary chamber, but which was more probably a kind of ambulatory connected with the sleeping place of the Cathedral custodians. Notice on the other side again, south of the presbytery, the Beauchamp Chapel, now used as a Consistory Court. It was... built about 1320. The groined roof was added a century later. Close beside it is the old south-east Apsidal Chapel of St Luke, which is now the parish church for the parishioners of St Mary-in-the-Marsh."