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Metton, Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°53′18″N 1°16′03″E / 52.88829°N 1.26748°E / 52.88829; 1.26748
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St Andrew's church

Metton is a small village in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 2.1 km west of Roughton, 5.2 km south of Cromer, 29.3 km north of Norwich and 11.2 km northwest of North Walsham. It forms part of the civil parish of Sustead.

The villages name origin is uncertain 'Meadow farm/settlement' or 'mowing farm/settlement', perhaps indicating a place where grass or another crop was mown.

It has a church dedicated to St. Andrew and is part of the Diocese of Norwich.[1]

April Fabb, a missing schoolgirl, lived in the village and disappeared on a journey from here to Roughton in 1969.

References

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  1. ^ "St. Andrews', Metton". The Church of England Diocese of Norwich. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Metton

52°53′18″N 1°16′03″E / 52.88829°N 1.26748°E / 52.88829; 1.26748

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