TOPCROFT

We would not normally concentrate on any one given place when displaying the Melton Family History,  however, apart from the major city of Norwich this little village of Topcroft situated 5 miles east of Long Stratton and 6 miles west of the Suffolk Town of Bungay has played a very big part in our family research. For at least 235 years the Melton family has been associated with the county of Norfolk and for almost 116 of those years members of the Melton family lived in this tiny hamlet called Topcroft which is very interesting given that it is such a small area. As we have mentioned before, we are not sure how the Melton's came to be in Topcroft and being so close to the Norfolk/Suffolk border, where they were before. We do know that in later years some of the family moved into Norwich and here we stayed. We also know that those who did not come to Norwich moved to the London area. Here we show how Topcroft became a vital link to our family research and what we discovered in Topcroft. Using the Census page information on this web site you can see for yourself exactly how many of our ancestors are associated with Topcroft. We show photographs of St Margarets Church where many of our family ancestors were baptised, married and indeed buried. We show photographs of the village itself as it is today, showing important landmarks such as the old school and whats left of the old mill and we show photographs of our ancestors grave stones in the church grounds. Please use the menu on the left of this page to guide you through the information and photographs.