  Aylsham. A market and union town, in South Erpingham hundred, East Norfolk, 125½ miles from London, and 12 N. of Norwich; contained, in 1851, 2,741 inhabitants, and 4,311 acres. The annual value of assessed property in 1846 was £9,191 2s. 6d. It stands on the river Bure, which is navigable to Yarmouth. The market is held on Tuesday. Fairs are held yearly on March 23rd and last Tuesday in September, and a hiring for The church of St. Michael was built by John of Gaunt, of Lancaster, the court of whose duchy was once hold in this town. The font is enriched with bas-reliefs of the four emblems of the Evangelists, the instruments of the Passion, and the arms of Gaunt, with other armorial insignia. Here is a monument to the memory of Richard Howard, Sheriff of Norwich, who in 1488 built the church porch. The east window is decorated with stained glass. The church has ten bells, a large and lofty steeple, clock, and organ. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The Rev. E. T. Yates is the vicar. The Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, have each a chapel here. CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.Bond, Mrs. E., Cawston road Browne, Miss Martha, Cromer road Butler, Miss Mary, Millgate Butler, John, Cromer road Colby, Miss Charlotte, White Halt str. Copeman, George, Esq., Cromer road Ebbetts, Mrs. Elizabeth, Market place Gunton, Miss Frances, Cromer road Gunton, George, Esq., White Hart street Hilliman, Mrs. Cromer road Houndsfield, Mrs. Mary, Cromer road Mileham, Miss Mary, Millgate Postle, Robot, Esq., farmer, Cawston road Short, Miss Sarah, Rod Lion street Walpole, Mrs. Emily, White Hart street Yates, Rev. E. T., vicar of St. Michael’s, Vicarage house Young, Miss Elizabeth, Millgate TRADES. PROFESSIONS, &c.Abbs, William, baker, Church hill Ager, George, Diocesan school (president, Lord Sondes; visitor, the Bishop of Norwich) Post-office street Austen, Baker S., ironmonger, Market-place Ayton, Harriet, milliner and dress-maker, Market-place Bane, Mary, shopkeeper, Millgate Bane, William, chemist and druggist, Red Lion street Barber, Samuel, boot and shoe maker, Red Lion street Bartram, William and Son, builders and timber merchants, Millgate Bird, Joseph, Ship tavern, White Hart street Blyth, Isaac, tailor, Millgate Bonn, Winter, millwright, Cawston rood Breeze, James, Black Boys hotel and posting house, Market-place Breeze, Stephen, tailor and woollen draper, Market-place Bullock, F. T. and millers and maltsters, Millgate Burrell, George, builder, cabinet maker, upholsterer, and auctioneer, Market-place Burton, William, shopkeeper, White Hart street Butler, William, smith in general, Cawston road Cary, Thomas, shopkeeper, Millgate Case, James Lee, farmer, Millgate Chapman, Robert, butcher, Red Lion street Charlton, Thomas, Primitive Methodist preacher, White Hart street Clarke, George, Red Lion, Red Lion str. Clemente, Charles and Son, printers, bookbinders, stamp office, reading room and library. Market-place Copemans and Gurney, bankers; manager, Jacob Middleton, jun., Norwich road Colk, Ann, day school, Bridewell corner Connold, Thomas, watch and clock maker, agent to Norwich Equitable Fire office, Market-place Culley, Benjamin, bricklayer, Cawston rd. Dale, Robert, hair-dresser and bird preserver, Market-place Davison, James, baker and miller, Butt Land lane Edwards, John, china and glass dealer, Red Lion street Elden, Eleanor, milliner and dress-maker, Red Lion street Elden, Elizabeth, general shopkeeper, Red Lion street England and Roper, grocers and drapers, Red Lion street Eston, Robert, baker, Millgate Feek, Dick, the New Inn, Red Lion street Firmage, John, boot and shoe maker, Pinfold street Fitt, Edward, gardener, Red Lion street Fitt, James, the Anchor, Millgate Fitt, John, watch and clock maker, Red Lion street Forster, William, solicitor Foxhall, Thomas, boot and shoe maker, Caston street Franklin, James, harness maker, Red Lion street Freeman, John, stone and marble mason, and Stone Masons’ Arms, Millgate Gatterson, Thomas, wheelwright and carpenter, Cromer road Goodwin, Keziah, straw bonnet maker, Butt Land lane Griffin, John, grocer and draper, Market-place Grimson, John, carpenter, Pinfold street Haddon, James, glover, &c., White Hart street Harris and Nitch, millers and farmers, Caston road Harrod, James, agent to the Norwich Union Fire and Life office, h Paradise Hatcher, Jane, milliner and dress-maker, Red Lion street Hill, William, the Unicorn inn, Post-office street Horstead, John, bricklayer, Post-office street Howes, Matthew, general dealer, White Hart street Ingate, Lewis, coachmaker, Commercial road Jones, Edmund, superintendent of the police station, Cromer road Johnson, Jane, school-mistress, Post-office street Johnson, John, boot and shoe maker, Post-office street Larke, John, cabinet maker, Cromer road Laxen, Henry, saddle and harness maker, Market place Laxon, Richard, baker and confectioner, Red Lion street Lemon, Benjamin, saddle and harness maker, Red Lion street Lomax, George, beer retailer, Millgate Mark, Charles, grocer, draper, and shoe man, Market-place Margetson, Robert, Norwich carrier and merchant Mash, Eliza, shop-keeper, Millgate Matthews, Richard, the Star inn, Red Lion street Miller, Sarah, straw bonnet maker, Cromer road Middleton, Jacob, jun., bank manager, Norwich road Miller, Thomas, boot and shoe maker, White Hart street Morton, R. K. Esq., physician, Cromer road Moy, John, the Feathers, Cawston road Mole, Elijah, baker, Pinfold street Nicholls, John, the White Horse, Millgate Nobbs, Mary Ann, superintendent of the post-office, Post-office street Ostick, Robert, boot and shoemaker, White Hart street Page, William, draper and grocer, Red Lion street Parmeter, Robert W., Esq., solicitor, clerk of the Peace for the County of Norfolk: h Cromer road Payne, James, boot maker, Red Lion str. Payne, William, boot and shoe maker, Red Lion street Pert, David, plumber and glazier, Red Lion street Pike, Robert, smith in general, Red Lion street Platten, Edward Suffolk, Temperance house, Church hill Poll, Frederic, sawyer, Town lane Poll, Henry, beer retailer and brewer, White Hart street Powell, Benjamin, grocer and draper, Market place Proudfoot, John, carpenter and joiner, Post-office street Puncher, William, the Dog inn, Norwich road Purdy, James, patten and clog maker, Market place Pye, Allen, the Swan, rent collector, Post-office street Ransome, Horatio, tailor and draper, Red Lion street Repton, William, solicitor, Market place Roe, Daniel, F., solicitor’s clerk, Town lane Rust, William and Eliza, ironmongers and boot and shoe makers, Red Lion street Sands, Sarah, butcher, Post-office street Sands, James, butcher and farmer, Red Lion street Scott, George, grocer and draper, Red Lion street Scott, William Henry, solicitor, offices Market place: h Norwich road Sexton, Joseph, baker, Post-office street Smart, William, beer retailer and brewer, Post-office street Smith, Frederick P., surgeon, Market place Smithson, James, hairdresser, Red Lion street Soame, Henry, farmer, Cawston road Soame, John, baker, White Hart street Starling, William, basket maker, Red Lion street Stearman, Ann, shopkeeper, Red Lion street Stearman, Frederick, tailor, Post-office street Stearman, James, gardener, Cawston road Sutton, John, tailor and draper, Red Lion street Symonds, John, chemist and druggist, Market place Tattam, George Edward, smith in general, Cromer road Thirtle, Thomas, boot and shoe maker, Norwich road Tuck, Henry, boot and shoe maker, Millgate Turner, Frederick James, ladies’ boarding and day school, Market place Ulph, John Hook, Cross Keys and wheelwright, Red Lion street Waller, J. W., Commercial road Warren, Thomas, tea dealer and draper, Market place Watson, James W. B., basket maker and reed merchant, Millgate Williamson, Henry, the Bull inn, Red Lion street Wright, William, day and boarding school for young gentlemen, Commercial road |
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