SWANTON-MORLEY, a parish, with a village, in Mitford district, Norfolk; on the river Wensum, 3½ miles NE by N of East Dereham r. station. It has a post-office under Dereham. Acres, 2,714. Real property, £5,514. Pop., 769. Houses, 175. The manor belongs to the Rev. H. Lombe. The living is a rectory, united with Worthing, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £1,065.* Patron, the Rev. H. Lombe. The church was built in 1379. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, a national school, and charities £55.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))