LODDON, a market-town and parish in the hun- dred of LODDON, county of NORFOLK, 10 miles (S. E.) from Norwich, and 113 (N.E.) from London, containing 1038 inhabitants. This place is situated on the banks of an inconsiderable stream, which flows from the neighbourhood of Howe into the Yare at Yardley cross, on the direct thoroughfare from Norwich to Beccles: the streets are neither lighted nor paved, but the inhabitants are well supplied with water: malting is carried on. to a small extent. The market is on Tuesday; fairs are held on Easter-Monday, and on the 25th of November for horses; and a statute fair for hiring servants is held a fortnight before Michaelmas day. The county magistrates hold their meetings monthly at this place. A court baron is held at the will of the lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Ely. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was erected at the expense of Sir James Hobart, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in the reign of Henry VII. It is a fine fabric of stone, sxirmounted by an elegant tower, in the later style of English architecture: in the chancel is a marble altartomb of the Hobart family, with heraldic symbols and other devices; and another tomb for Dyonis Williamson, with a recumbent statue. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A National school has been established for children of both sexes, in which about one hundred are educated. A farm was left by the Hobarts for repairing the church.