Melton Constable
Melton Constable is a town and civil parish in the English region of Norfolk. It covers a location of 6.96 km2 (2.69 sq mi) and had a population of 518 in 225 families at the 2001 census. The population had actually enhanced to 618 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it drops within the area of North Norfolk. The village rests on fairly high ground south-west of Holt. The place-name 'Melton Constable' is first testified in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it looks like 'Maeltuna'. This might indicate either 'middle town' or 'mill town'. There is a reference to 'Constabularius de Melton' in 1197, as the land was held by the constable of the bishop of Norwich. Melton Constable Hall is considered the finest specimen of the Christopher Wren style of home. The church of St Peter's Melton Constable lies within Melton Constable park; it has numerous monuments to the Astley family, who previously resided at Melton Constable Hall.