CANTLEY, a parish in the hundred of BLOFIELD,
county of NORFOLK, 5 miles (S. by W.) from Acle, containing
251 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, rated in the
king's books at £ 14, and in the patronage of R. Gilbert,
Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Margaret. An
allotment of thirteen acres of land was awarded on the
enclosure of some waste land, which lets for £8 per
annum, forming part of a salary of £ 30 paid to a
Schoolmaster, who has also a dwelling-house free, for
teaching forty-five scholars.