SWANTON-ABBOTT, a parish in the southern division of the hundred of ERPINGHAM, county of NORFOLK, 3 miles (S. S. W.) from North Walshmn, containing 424 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £6. 10., and in the patronage of Lord Viscount Anson. The church is dedicated to St. Michael.