Middleton is the second village on the A47 road to Norwich, after North Runcton, and lies approximately 3 miles (5 km) east of King's Lynn.

The earliest recorded landlord was William Newman, who lived there in 1836, although the pub is known to have been there before this, as it is shown in historical maps.

These included the Castle Inn, which was opened by Bedingfield Bardell in c. 1845, later on sold to Thomas Edward Bagge of Gaywood Hall, and closed in 1969.

[6] Middleton is a parish of the Kings Lynn and West Norfolk district council, which is responsible for the most local services.

For Westminster elections the parish forms part of the North West Norfolk constituency, represented by James Wild (Conservative).

From 1846 to 1968 village was served by Middleton Towers railway station on the King's Lynn to Dereham secondary line.

Although the passenger route has been closed the station remains as a sand loading depot and has been the destination of a number of charter trains.

Police were called at 7.00 am and are also investigating as to how the device, believed to date back to the Second World War, ended up in the field in the first place.

We suspect someone has disposed of it in the field which is highly irresponsible and we would urge this person to contact the police in future.” Middleton Primary School was closed as a result of the find.

He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for the part he played in a succession of bombing raids on the Dortmund–Ems Canal in Germany.

This was a device which enabled the Mosquito crew to home in on a German night fighter's airborne radar transmissions.