METHWOLD, a parish hi the hundred of GRIMSHOE,
county of NORFOLK, 4 miles (S. S. B.) from Stoke-
Ferry, containing 1164 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Cranwick,
in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of
Norwich, rated in the king's books at £9. 1.3. The
church, dedicated to St. George, is a handsome structure
with an embattled tower. There is a place of
worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Here was formerly
a market, and a fair is still held on the 23rd of April.
In the neighbourhood is a celebrated warren, which formerly
contained a great number of rabbits, the fur of
which was in considerable repute.