COLTISHALL, a parish in the southern division of the hundred of ERPINGHAM, county of NORFOLK, 8 miles (N. N. E.) from Norwich, containing 685 inhabitants. The living is a rectqry, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £7. 2. 6., and in the patronage of the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, was rebuilt in 1824. There is a place of worship forWesleyan Methodists. John Chapman, in 1718, bequeathed land for the endowment of a school, the annual income of which, amounting to £ 14, is paid for teaching English to ten boys, the sons of poor parishioners: a schoolroom has since been built by subscription. A fair for pedlary is held on Whit-Monday.