Moulton is a village of Fenland parish of 16 miles length containing villages / hamlets of Moulton Seas End, Moulton Eaugate and Moulton Chapel.
Moulton is located between Holbeach and Spalding, it has many features of English villages.
The main place to visit is Queen of Fens or All Saints’ Church and Moulton Windmill which is the tallest tower mill in UK.
The Church, which was built around the year 1180 took a period of 60 years for building.
William Smith restored it from 1866 to 1867, the Church contains rood screen which dates back to the year 1425.
Moulton windmill which was built in the year 1822 whose main activity is grinding products like wheat, friends of the Moulton Mill was started for restoring Grade I listed mill to working order.
The mill features on BBC2’s ‘Restoration’ The project also won Heritage Lottery Fund grant with a successful campaign. A shop and café is built in the mill.
Moulton once boasted of a castle, which is not visible now.
In 1952, a grammer school was found in Moulton by John Harrox which had to be closed due to transfer of pupils to Spalding in 193,. now the school buildings have been converted into private residences.
The primary school and sports club commemorates the endowment in the name of Moulton Harrox.
Moulton houses are beautiful buildings built in the town house style.
A railway station was earlier situated between Holbeach and Spalding but the service has been discontinued, though station buildings have been converted into private residences, old platform structures can still be seen.
There was an incidence of mini tornado which damaged many parts of the village including church roof and other properties in the neighborhood, the tornado is believed to have been the first of its kind in the area.
Spalding is popularly known for Flower Parade which occurs annually, attracting a large number of regular international visitors. Apart from these regular features, since 2002, Pumpkin Festival is also hosted in October every year.
Moulton village is situated in Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England, the village dates back to 1086 Doomesday Book and is much older than the present Newmarket.
Moulton also has Packhorse bridge, built in 15th century, spanning Kennett River.
Suffolk has historic origin and is non-metropolitan in nature located in East Anglia, England, its borders touch Cambridgeshire in the West, Essex to South, North Sea to East,
the county has few hills and is a wetland habitat.
Suffolk Coast and Heaths has high tourism potential since they have natural beauty, Suffolk was an earlier part of the Kingdom of East Anglea settled by Angles in 5th century.
Suffolk’s agriculture is mixed or arable with varying farm sizes from 80 acres to 8000 acres, some of the crops include winter barley, winter wheat, oil seed rape, sugar beet, linseed and spring beans.
Moulton is also located in Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England as a secluded value lying between Middleton Tyas and Scorton villages.
The 17th Century Moulton Hall manor house, managed by Visscount Eccles is presently maintained by National Trust, admission can be gained for a little 50 pence.
Black Bull inn, is a populr village found here.
In Domesday Book, Moulton is mentioned as residence of Saxon Ulph, The manor, after Norman Conquest was shifted to Earls of Richmond.
In the past management has changed many hands, some including Wright, Marshall, Smithson, Shuttleworth families.
For several years, there has been restriction on the access from village to southbound traffic.
Motorists traveling north are advised to head Scotch Corner, a rural bus route serves the village from Darlington to Richmond.
Though Moulton End, the former railway station named after Moulton does not exist now, Scorton Railway Station is the nearest station, due to abandonment of Eryholme-Richmond branch both stations were closed in 1969.
North Yorkshire is shire or non-metropolitan county, it is situated in Yorkshire and Humber of England and partly in North East England.