MELTON, MAGNA & PARVA, (Norfolk) on the banks of the Winsder, N. E. of Windham, bel. in the R. of Hen. III. to the Constables, and by marriage passed to the Astleys; from a branch of which family descended the late Sir Jacob Astley, who had a seat here. The new map of Norfolk, by Mr. Bowen, agrees with the antiquarian Spelman in its situation, and places Melton-Constable at the source of the Thyrn, or Bure, S. W. of Holt, though by other maps this is only called Melton.