WILTON, a parish in the hundred of GRIMSHOE,
county of NORFOLK, 4 miles (W.) from Brandon-Ferry.
The population is returned with the parish of Hockwold.
The living is a discharged vicarage, united to the rectory
of Hockwold, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese
of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £6. 7. 6.
The church, dedicated to St. James, is built of flint and
boulder stones, with a massive embattled tower, surmounted
by an octangular spire of freestone; on the
north side of the building is a curious arch, probably
constructed for the burial-place of the founder. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.