  Reepham is a small market town, on the banks of the Eyn brook, a branch of the Wensum; 6 miles N.E. of Elmham station. 136 miles from London, and 12 N.W. from Norwich, and extends into four parishes, which contain together, 1,800 inhabitants; the acreage of the four parishes is 2,427. The chief trade of this town is in malt for ale, the parish being well adapted for the growth of barley. There is also a large brewery, and two extensive tanneries. The market, which is held on Wednesday, being for corn and cattle; and a fair is held on June 29th, for stock, horses, &c. A police station has been erected on the Dereham road, about a quarter of a mile from the market-place, opened March, 1856. There are also two fire engines kept in this parish. Engine house situated in the Back lane. The living is a rectory, value £600 per annum, with Kerdistone. There are two Cemeteries: one for the parish of Reepham with Kerdistone, and the other for the parish of Hackford with Whitwell; consecrated, July 9th, 1856, by Dr. Henry Spencer, late of Madras. Reepham and Kerdistone, ST. MARY’S CHURCH. Rev. Frederic Field, M.A., Rector: Rev. Richard Gilbert, B.A., Curate. Hackford and Whitwell. Rev. Edward Holley, M.A., Rector; Rev. Frederic Thompson, Curate. Wesleyan Chapel, Wesleyan Reform Chapel, Primitive Methodist Chapel; various Ministers. POST OFFICE. Miss Amelia Sands, postmistress. Letters arrive from Norwich at 9 a.m., and are dispatched at 25 min. to 5 p.m. The box closes at 4 p.m., but letters can be posted till 4½ p.m., by affixing an extra stamp. Insurance Agents. Equitable Fire office, Robert Keeler. Norwich Union Fire and Life, and Norwich Hail Storm Company, George St. John, and F. S. Bircham, solicitor. Parish Clerk, Henry Bishop. CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.Bircham, William, Esq., the Ollands Bircham, William, jun., Esq., Hackford Collyer, the Very Rev. John Bedingfield, archdeacon of Norwich, Hackford hall Field, Rev. Frederic, M.A., rectory George, Mr. Robert, Hackford Gilbert, Rev. Richard, B.A., curate Holly, Rev. Edward, M.A., Hackford Leamon, Robert, Esq., Whitwell Leeds, Stephen, Esq., Whitwell Thompson, Rev. Frederic, curate, Hackford
Alderton, Thomas, farmer Amiss, John, wheelwright, Hackford Amiss, Richard, grocer and draper, Hackford Andrews, George O., excise officer, Reepham Baldwin, Nathaniel, shoemaker Barker, Robert, grocer, &c., Hackford Barrett, Martin, blacksmith, Hackford Barrett, Robert, miller, Whitwell Barrett, Mrs. Sarah, farmer, Whitwell Besford, John, farmer, Kerdistone Bircham, F. S., Esq., solicitor, clerk to the magistrates of this hundred, and to the commissioners of Income tax, and agent to the Norwich Union Fire and Life offices, Hackford Bircham and Parmeter, brewers, maltsters, and spirit merchants, Hackford Bishop, Henry, plumber and glazier, the Duke of York, parish clerk, apparitor for the diocese, and carrier, Hackford Briggs, James, cabinet maker, Hackford Brown, William, smith, Kerdistone Buck, James, boys’ school, Hackford Bush, John, King’s Arms, Hackford Burcham, Thomas, tailor, Hackford Burton, John, shoemaker, Hackford Burton, Joseph W., butcher, Hackford Burton, Thomas, butcher, Hackford Cooper, Orlando H., academy, Hackford Davidson, James, baker, Hackford Doughty, William, plumber and glazier Dungar, Thomas, farmer, Whitwell Dyball, Robert, horse breaker, Hackford Dye, Henry, farmer, Kerdistone Eglington, Emerson, tailor, Hackford Eglington, Mark, farmer, Whitwell Ellis, Edward, saddler, Hackford English, John, shoemaker, Hackford Filby, John, farmer, Kerdistone Fish, James, shoemaker, Hackford Frankland, Robert, ironmonger, Hackford Frankland, Robert, shoemaker, Hackford George, Henry, farmer, Kerdistone George, William, ironmonger, Hackford Hart, Thomas G., grocer and draper, Hackford Hawes, James, tailor, Hackford Hill, Charles W., tailor and draper, Hackford Howard, George, carpenter, Hackford Howe, Samuel, Lord Nelson, Hackford Hurrell, Dennis, V.R. and George and Dragon, Hackford Hurrell, T., grocer and draper, Hackford Isaacks, Nathaniel, grocer and draper, Hackford Jewell, George, veterinary surgeon, Hackford Keeler, R., grocer and draper, Hackford Lacey, John, druggist and stationer, Hackford Leamon, Robert, tanner and timber merchant, Whitwell hall Leeds, Stephen, farmer, Kerdistone Leeds, William, Sun inn, and carrier, Hackford Mason, Edward, cooper, Hackford Neale, William, baker, Hackford Parke, William B., farmer Partridge, Thomas J., farmer Perry, Charles H., surgeon, Hackford Prior, Henry, saddler, Hackford Pumfrey, James, farmer, Kerdistone Rodham, William M., farmer, Hackford Rudd, William, hairdresser, Hackford Scurll, Brettingham, baker, Hackford Secker, John, basket maker, Hackford Seeley, Barnabas L., farmer, Kerdistone Sewell, John, farmer, Hackford Sewell, William, carpenter, Hackford Smith, Mrs. Susan, farmer, Kerdistone Springall, Thomas, bricklayer Staples, Thomas, chemist and druggist, Hackford St. John, George, grocer and draper, Hackford Tann, Thomas, farmer, Kerdistone Tindale, William, grocer and draper Timber, Elizabeth, grocer and draper, Hackford Travis, Thomas, Greyhound, Hackford Tuddenham, Richard, cooper, Hackford Vardigans, Mary Ann, bonnet maker, Hackford Vial, Samuel, Victoria Fall Gate, Whitwell Watson, James, Cock inn, Whitwell Watson, Job H., shoemaker, Hackford Watson, Job H., grocer and draper Whurr, Thomas, tea dealer, Whitwell Woolmer, Jas. S., watchmaker, Hackford Wright, David, plumber and glazier |
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