PLUMSTEAD, a parish in the northern division of the hundred of ERPINGHAM, county of NORFOLK, 5 miles (S.E.byE.) from Holt, containing 159 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £5. 3. 4., and in the patronage of the King, as Duke of Lancaster. The church is dedicated to St. Michael.