Melton Constable
Melton Constable is a town as well as civil parish in the English area of Norfolk. It covers a location of 6.96 km2 (2.69 sq mi) and had a population of 518 in 225 homes at the 2001 census. The population had raised to 618 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk. The village sits on fairly high ground south-west of Holt. The place-name 'Melton Constable' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it looks like 'Maeltuna'. This may imply either 'middle community' or 'mill community'. There is a referral to 'Constabularius de Melton' in 1197, as the land was held by the constable of the diocesan of Norwich. Melton Constable Hall is considered as the finest sampling of the Christopher Wren style of residence. The church of St Peter's Melton Constable lies within Melton Constable park; it includes lots of monuments to the Astley family, who formerly lived at Melton Constable Hall.