Outwell
[4] Molycourt Priory in the parish dated from before the Norman Conquest, becoming a cell of Ely Cathedral and surviving until the Dissolution of the Monasteries.In May 1862 one sixth of the Parish of Outwell was inundated with water when the Middle Level Drain burst through its banks.Also constructed across the parish was the Wisbech Canal, now disused, which followed the course of the Well Stream as far as Outwell church and then struck across in a southeasterly direction to join Popham's Eau at Nordelph.In decline since the Victorian era, during the First World War, the hall was commandeered by the RAF and later used for holiday housing.Outwell parish today is part of the King's Lynn and West Norfolk local government district.The eastern corner of the parish is cut north to south by the Middle Level main Drain.