East Carleton No. 2 / Carleton by Norwich / Carleton Curson / Carleton Curzon / Carletuna / Karletuna / Norwich Carleton

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "C[arleton.] Commonly called Carleton Curson, from its lords of that name, [...] for distinction it is sometimes called Norwich Carleton, or Carleton by Norwich, and very often East-Carleton: as there are two manors, so there were also two parochial churches, standing within about 50 yards of one another, with a highway only between their churchyards; that now standing, is dedicated to St. Mary" [cf. Index entry for East Carleton No.2 for the font at the second church, St. Peter's]. Blomefield (ibid.) cites the Domesday entry in fol. 136, in which two churches with thirty-eight acres of land are reported [= "ii. ecclesie xxxviii. acr. [...] In Carletuna"]. The first recorded rector for St. Peter's is named in Blomefield (ibid.) as "Ric. Cross", in 1439, and, on the church itself, he adds: "the church, which is a small one, without any tower, was turned into a parsonage-house, now uninhabited and in ruins [...] The church was suffered to be dilapidated about 1550.