In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fritton like this:
FRITTON, a parish in Mutford district, Suffolk; on the river Waveney, and on the East Suffolk railway, at the boundary with Norfolk, adjacent to the Lowestoft railway, in the neighbourhood of Haddiscoe r. station, 7 miles NW by N of Lowestoft. It has a post office under Lowestoft. Acres, 1, 562. ...
Real property, £1, 864. Pop., 209. Houses, 42. Fritton Hall is a chief residence. There is a decoy near the Waveney. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £249. Patron, the Rev. F. W. Cubitt. The church is chiefly Norman; has an apsidal chancel, and a Norman circular tower; and contains parts of an ancient screen. Charities, £13.
Fritton through time
Fritton is now part of Great Yarmouth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Great Yarmouth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fritton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fritton, in Great Yarmouth and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2642
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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