Little Hautbois

[5] The church of Little Hautbois, once owned by the monks of St Benet's Abbey, fell into ruin in the 15th century when the parish was amalgamated with that of Lamas.

Metal detector work on the site, which lay between the Hall and the road, has uncovered, among other things, a Papal seal.

Some have identified this as the site of a chapel and hospital for travellers, founded by the de Alto Bosco family, who held the parishes of Great and Little Hautbois at the time of the Domesday Book, although this hospital may have stood a little further up the river, at Great Hautbois, and confusion arisen because of the dedication of both churches to the Virgin Mary.

During the Second World War, it was a popular drinking place for personnel of the nearby RAF Coltishall airfield.

Adam and Eve House has a fine three-bay frontage, the upper floor being lit by three dormer windows.

It was built in the reign of King Edward VI in 1553, and remains a splendid example of a Tudor manor house with pretensions.

It incorporates two strange arched niche-like structures that have been variously interpreted as shelters for travellers caught in the rain and as lurking-places for excise-men.

[7] Millican describes the bridge as standing high and dry, although today water flows under both of these arches.