PORINGLAND, or PORINGLAND-EAST (GREAT), a parish in
the hundred of HENSTEAD, county of NORFOLK, 5 miles
(S.S.E.) from Norwich, containing, with Little Poringland,
407 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of
Norwich, rated in the king's books at £6. 13. 2., and
in the patronage of the Duke of Norfolk. The church,
dedicated to All Saints, was founded before the Conquest,
and the body of it rebuilt about 1432; the windows
are decorated with stained glass, particularly one
in the chancel, which is in fine preservation, and represents
the Salutation.