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Moulton St Mary 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 authorit ...
, now in the parish of Beighton, in the
Broadland Broadland is a local government district in Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads. The population of the local authority district taken at the 2011 Census was 124,646. Its council is based in Thorpe St Andrew. In 2013, Broadland w ...
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 about 2 miles south of Acle. The village has a garden centre and a car garage. In 1931 the parish had a population of 228. Its Church of St Mary is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. It has a
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on the south wall. The church is redundant and under the care of the
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.


History

The villages name origin is uncertain 'Mula's farm/settlement' or 'mule farm/settlement'. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Beighton and Reedham.


References


External links


St Mary's on the European Round Tower Churches website
Villages in Norfolk Former civil parishes in Norfolk Broadland {{Norfolk-struct-stub