  Attleborough, a small market town and railway station, 15 miles from Norwich, 5½ from Wymondham, and 14¾ from Thetford. The population in 1851 was 2,324, and about 5,251 acres of land. One long street includes most of the houses. The market is on Thursday, and the fairs are held on the Thursday Easter and Whit-Sunday, and August 15th for cattle; also a pleasure fair the day before March assizes. The Norwich and Brandon railway passes close to the town, where a handsome station has been erected, distant from London 110 miles. The church, which is a noble edifice, with spacious tower containing six bells, is much admired for its antiquity. The living is a rectory, in the gift of Sir Wm. B. Smijth, Bart.; the present incumbent is the Rev. A. J. E. B. Smijth, M.A., and the curate the Rev. S. A. Cooke, M.A. Sir W. B. Smijth, Bart., is lord of the manor. Here are chapels for the Wesleyans, Baptists, &c.; also a National School, well supported and attended. Post-Office—George Parson, postmaster. Money Orders granted and paid at this office. CLERGY, GENTRY. &c.Beevor, Thomas, Esq., Market hill Cooke, Rev. Stephen Atkinson, curate Doughty, Mr. Samuel, Mares’ street King, Mrs. Sarah, London road Lemmon, Rev. James, Wesleyan Minister, Rivett’s lane Marner, John, Esq., Market hill Salter, William, Esq., Norwich road Smijth, Rev. A. J. E., rector Warrel, Mrs. Sarah, London road TRADES, PROFESSIONS, &c.Allen, George, horse-breaker Anderson, Sarah Ann, milliner and dress-maker, Mill street Ayton, Charles, builder and appraiser, Church street Ayton, Robert, carpenter and joiner, Market hill Bacon, James, accountant, Market street Barker, George, tailor, Market hill Barker, Sarah, White Hart, Market hill Barnard, Robert, baker and tea dealer Barnard, William, painter, plumber, and glazier, Mares’ street Barnard, William, tailor, London road Bateman, William, tailor and draper, Rivett’s lane Beale, James, printer, Norwich road Bowden, William, builder, Back lane Brown, Rev. William Shrieve, minister to the Baptist Chapel, Rivett’s lane Buckenham, William, miller, Mares’ str. Byles, John, grocer and draper Cage, James, basket-maker and cooper, London road Caley, Samuel W., the Grapes, news agent, Mares’ street Calver, John, farmer, West carr Canham, John, the new Inn and Commercial house, near the Railway station Chatters, Henry, boot and shoe maker, London road Childerhouse, William, farmer and dealer, West carr Clarke, James, farmer, Borough common Clifford, Thomas, Fair View Cottage, London road Cockell, Charles, solicitor Cockell, Mrs. Jane, farmer, Church plain Colman, Mr., farmer, West carr Cook, John, White Horse inn, London road Cowles, William, farmer, West carr Crawford, John, station master Cushing, Stephen, Odd Fellows’ Arms, Mill street Dawes, William, watch and clock maker, Market hill Defew, William, saddle and harness maker, Church street Downs, James, farmer, West carr Downs, John, farmer, West carr Drake, Charles, coachmaker, the street Eaton, John, auctioneer and appraiser Ebbage, Robert, the Bear inn, blacksmith, and machine maker, Bear road Etheridge, Ann, boot and shoe maker Etheridge, Henry, boot maker, Mares’ street Fox, Mary, Mrs., green-grocer Francis, James, general shopkeeper and druggist, Market street Franklin, Frederic F. and George F., solicitors Franklin, Frederic F., clerk to the County Court office, and agent to the Phoenix Fire office and Palladium Life office Gates, Mr. James, Lay’s farm Gayford, William, licensed to let horses for hire, Market street Goldspink, Richard, butcher, Mill street Green, John, farmer, West carr Green, Mary Ann, the Crown, Church st. Hewitt, William, butcher and salesman, Market street Hazelwood, Robert, painter, plumber, and glazier, Ellingham road Hill, George, postman, London road Hipper, Charles, King’s Head, London road Howes, Charles, tailor, London road Howlett, George, ironmonger and brazier, Market street Hubbard, Henry, farmer, West carr Huggins, Mr., farmer Jessup, Mr., farmer, Borough common Kettringham, Robert, bricklayer and broker, Market hill Lane, Mrs., farmer Lawrance, Michael, farmer, Borough common Leighton, Charles, corn merchant and maltster, Rivett’s lane Leyton, John, butcher, Market street Lincoln, Miss Elizabeth, ladies’ boarding academy, Norwich road Littleproud, Alfred, grocer and draper Littleproud, William, baker Lovett, Robert, miller, the street Lovick, Sarah, the Angel inn, Market street Mann, Thomas, Norwich carrier, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, Market hill Merry, Robert, corn and coal merchant, Norwich road Miles, William, saddle and harness, Mill street Muskett, Alfred, grocer and draper, and manager to the bank, Market hill Myhill, John, farmer, Mares’ street Nicholls, John, clothier and harness maker, Mill street Orford, Robert, carpenter and joiner, London road Parke, William B., manager to the Goods department of the railway station Parson, George B., postmaster and printer, Market hill Pinnock, Jonathan, bricklayer, Mares’ st. Pinnock, William, boot and shoe maker, London road Potter, George, surgeon Potter, Joseph, farmer, Borough common Ponder, Thomas, tailor, Market hill Revel, William, Norwich Castle Robinson, Charles, brick and tile merchant, Norwich road Rose, James, grocer and draper, Market street Salter, George William, auctioneer and land agent, Market street; h Old Buckenham Salter, Thomas, architect and land Surveyor, Norwich road Sewell, Mary, the Griffin inn, Market street Shickle, John, inspector of weights and measures Simmons, John, miller, Rivett’s lane Simpson, William, auctioneer and farmer, Back lane Smith, James, boot and shoe maker, Mill street Sparkall, John, farmer, Nobbs’ corner farm Sparrow, Jonathan, shopkeeper, Mill street Stebbings, Michael, farmer and dealer, Rivett’s lane Stebbings, William, cattle dealer, London road Tillett, John, tailor, London road Toop, Francis Hart, the Cock inn, Mares’ street Turner, John, blacksmith Upston, George, seedsman, London road Upston, William, dealer in Sheffield goods Vince, Benjamin, farmer Walsh, Gerald, coal merchant, Market hill Ward, John, farmer, Borough common Warren, John, watch and clock maker, Church street Warren, Charles Ling, farmer Webster, James, hair dresser, Market street Webster, William, boot and shoe maker, Market street Wells, Samuel, registrar of births, deaths, and marriages for the district, Market hill Wiles, Charles Barsham, surgeon, Market hill Wright, Daniel E., provision house and butcher, Church street Wright, John, wheelwright Wright, Mrs., straw bonnet maker and dyer, Back lane |
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