Short answers, pulled from the story.
The name Salle originates from the Norfolk dialect word sallow, which referred to the willow tree. The village was once known as Sall, an archaic spelling that persisted for centuries before the official name was changed to Salle on the 18th of October 1994.
In 2001, the parish counted only 50 people living in 21 households. This demographic reality belies the monumental scale of the architecture that defines the community.
Several lords of local manors, including the Boleyn family, poured resources into the building of the church. The 130-foot tower of St Peter and St Paul's Church dates from the first part of the 15th century and stands as a testament to the competitive pride of local manor lords.
Two places, or manors, in the parish are mentioned in the Domesday Book, Sall and Stinton, yet the latter is considered a lost or deserted settlement that has vanished from the modern map. Stinton was located in the vicinity of what is now Salle Place, a ghost of a village that once thrived before fading into history.
In 1999, Salle was the winner of Norfolk's Best Kept Village competition for villages with a population of under 500 people. The village is also home to a waymarked circular cycle trail along lanes around the parish and its immediate environs, known as the Salle Cycle Loop.