[3] This place name and documentary evidence suggests the settlement has been in existence since at least the Late Saxon period.

Next is Saint Elizabeth, also shown dressed in a nun's habit and her arms crossed as if in an echo of the Visitation, The Blessed Virgin, turned to face her cousin.

On the other side of the screen are paintings of Saint Louis of France, Henry VI labelled in Latin as 'the Blessed Martyr Henry VI', St Augustine and Sir John Schorne, conjuring the devil into a boot.

Gateley Hall is an English Heritage Grade I listed building which was built in 1726, on the site of an older manor house.

Another architectural feature of the house is the Roman Doric doorcase which has the same slightly chequered brickwork as the gables, but has been cemented over.

The stair has Turned attenuated vase at the balusters and shaped tread-ends and a wide swept handrail.

The grade I listing was put on the building in 1954 partly due to the exceptional quality and rarity of Rococo plasterwork to the interior of the house.

The village and parish covers an area of 6.14 km2 (2.37 sq mi) and had a population of 65 in 24 households at the 2001 census.

The nearest 'mainline' railway station is at Wymondham, which is 21 miles south-east (although Norwich is 23 miles and easier to reach by road) of the village and gives access to local services operated by East Midlands Railway and Abellio Greater Anglia on the Breckland Line on the Norwich to Peterborough and Cambridge lines.