Letton is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

, now in the parish of

Cranworth Cranworth is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of the English county of Norfolk. History Cranworth's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for an enclosed part of land with cranes and herons. In the ...

, in the

Breckland Breckland in Norfolk and Suffolk is a 39,433 hectare Special Protection Area (SPA) under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. The SPA partly overlaps the 7,544 hectare Breckland Special Area of Conservation. As a la ...

district, in the county of

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

, England. It is situated near

Shipdham Shipdham is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district, in Norfolk, England, approximately south-south-west of Dereham. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,145 in 899 households, falling at the 2011 Census to a popul ...

and is about 5 miles south west of

East Dereham Dereham (), also known as East Dereham, is a town and civil parish in the Breckland District of the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A47 road, about 15 miles (25 km) west of the city of Norwich and 25 miles (40&nb ...

. In 1931 the parish had a population of 83. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Cranworth. The main building in Letton is

Letton Hall Letton Hall is a Grade II listed eighteenth-century Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical stately home designed by John Soane, Sir John Soane for the Gurdon family between 1783 and 1789. It is located at Letton, Norfolk, Letton near Shipdham, No ...

a Grade II listed building now used mainly as a religious holiday centre. The property was owned for many centuries by the Gurdon family. The former church of All Saints is now a ruin. Church of England Diocese of Norwich Find a church - All Saints
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{{authority control Villages in Norfolk Former civil parishes in Norfolk Breckland District