CARLETON-FOREHOE, a parish in the hundred
of FOREHOE, county of NORFOLK, 3 miles (N..N. W.)
from Wymondham, containing 130 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's
books at £5. 17. 1., endowed with £200 private benefaction,
and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of Lord Wodehouse. The church is dedicated to St.
Mary. The distinguishing appellation is derived from
four hills, supposed to have been artificially constructed,
on one of which the court for the hundred was anciently
held.
Arms.