STRATTON (Long), or S.-St. Mary, a village and a parish in Depwade district, Norfolk. The village stands 2 miles E of Forncett r. station, and 10¼ SSW of Norwich; was the Estratnnas of the East Anglian kings; is a seat of petty-sessions, and a polling place; and has a head post-office,‡ a good inn, a restored ancient church, an Independent chapel, a national school, a weekly market on Tuesday, and fairs on Whit-Tuesday, and 12 Oct. The parish includes Wood-Green hamlet, and comprises 1,517 acres. Real property, £3,751. Pop., 743. Houses, 159. S. House is the seat of R. R. Burroughs, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £424.* Patron, Cains College, Cambridge.

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