FRANSHAM (LITTLE), a parish in the hundred of LAUNDITCH, county of NORFOLK, 5 miles (B.N.E.) from Swaffham, containing 228 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £6. 8. 4. E. Swatman, Esq. was patron in 1803. The chxu-ch is dedicated to St. Mary.