OULTON is a parish and village 3½ miles north-west form Aylsham station on the East Norfolk branch of the Great Eastern railway and 11 west from North Walsham. in the Northern division of the county, South Erpingham hundred, Aylsham union and county court district, rural deanery of Ingworth and archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich. The church of SS. Peter and Paul is a small old building of brick and stone. in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, porch and square tower containing 1 bell. The register dates from the year 1706. The living is a vicarage, yearly value about £203, in the gift of and held since 1863 by the Rev. Frederick Hunt B.A. of New Inn Hall, Ocford. There is a Congregational chapel of ancient date, with a graveyard and residence, and 5¼ acres of ground attached, for the minister, who is supported by voluntary contributions and a bequest of £5 a year by the late Thomas Bell esq. to whom the Hall formerly belonged: there are also £3 10s. and £2 17s. yearly, the interest of money invested in the Funds. Oulton Hall is the seat of John Stuart Bolton esq. and is an ancient mansion, pleasantly situated, with a lawn in front and nearly surrounded by thriving plantations. Colonel W. E. G. Lytton Bulwer, who is lord of the manor, Constance Marchioness of Lothian and John Stuart Bolton esq are chief landowners. The chief crops are wheat, roots, barley and hay. The area is 1,828A. 0R. 38P.; rateable value, £2181; and in 1881 the population was 379.
National School, Wm. G. Smith, certificated master; Mrs. Smith, sewing mistress
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