  Wymondham is a pleasantly situated market town and parish in the Forehoe hundred, 115½ miles from London, and 10½ miles S.W. from Norwich. The town stands on an elevated position, and is of some antiquity. The market is held on Friday, but from its vicinity to Norwich, is not well attended. There are three annual Fairs, February 14th, May 17th, and September 29th; the two former for cattle, and the latter a pleasure fair. The old market cross, situated in the centre of the town, is an object of curiosity on account of its antique appearance, and its carved devices, representing different articles of turnery, which originally formed one of the staple branches of the trade of this place, but now nearly extinct; the manufacture of bombazines, crapes, &c., is carried on to a considerable extent for Norwich houses. There are a brewery and corn mills. There are several respectable mansions and family residences in the town and neighbourhood. Gas works are erected on Fairland, and the town is well lighted. A Free Grammar School for the education of tradesmen’s sons was established and endowed by Henry VI., and various sums have been subsequently left by benevolent parties, which have enabled the trustees to carry out fully the intentions of the founder, by appointing a gentleman in holy orders as master of this important establishment. St. Thomas À Becket’s chapel, a commodious building, has been repaired, and is now used for the school-room. There are several charities, bequeathed by sundry persons, for the benefit of the poor, which funds are distributed annually, in money, coals, &c., and for the repairs of the church, also for increasing the stipend of the vicar. The Bridewell, or House of Correction, is situated at the entrance of the town from Norwich, and is devoted to the reception of female prisoners only, who are sentenced to hard labour, where they serve their periods of imprisonment in washing, sewing, &c., for the prisoners The Norwich and Brandon railway passes close to the town, and here is the junction with the Dereham branch line; a neat station is erected, as well as warehouses for the reception of goods, &c. The population was returned, in 1851, at 5,175 inhabitants, of whom about 3,300 are in the town. The number of acres is 10,600. The church, which is a large noble edifice, had formerly a monastery attached, but it was destroyed many years back; a portion of the ruins still remain. The octagon tower at the east end of the church is in good preservation. At the west end, a spacious and lofty square tower was built by the inhabitants many years since, (and contains five bells,) which gives an imposing effect to the whole structure; the interior is neat, with a carved roof, supported by full-length figures of angels, and, and with the valuable organ, underwent repair in 1845. There are several monuments and tablets to the families of Clifton, Burroughes, Jermy, &c. The living is a vicarage in the patronage of the Bishop of Ely, who is appropriator of the great tithes. The Quakers, Independents, Methodists, Wesleyans, Baptists, and Plymouth Brethren, have each a chapel here. Post-Office—James Fison, postmaster. Money Orders are granted at this office. CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.Abbott, Mrs. Charlotte, Fairland street Anderson, Rev. J., Independent Minister Cooper, Mr. James, Bridewell street Culyer, Mrs., Town green Daniel, Rev. William, Town green Eden, Rev. Robert, vicar, Vicar street Grisdale, Rev. Joseph, B.A., master of the Grammar school, Town green Jones, Rev. David, chaplain to the Bridewell Jones, Mrs. Sophia Ann, Hill House Knapman, Capt. John, R.N. Lloyd, Mrs., Fairland street Poll, Mr. John, Town green Rayner, Mr. William Edward, Town close Skoulding, Charles, M.D., Market place Sparkhall, Mrs. Elizabeth, Bridewell street Stone, Mrs. Mary, Town green Wiffen, Mrs. Ann, Bridewell street TRADES, PROFESSIONS, ETC.Adams, Samuel, retailer in beer, Town green Atkins, Obadiah, schoolmaster, Bridewell street Bale, Charlotte, milliner, Market place Bale, William, butcher, Town green Barnard, John, boot and shoe maker, Market place Barnard, Matthew, saddle and harness maker, Fairland street Betts, Sarah, shopkeeper, Town green Bircham, John, the Dove, Town green Bowgen, Philip, plumber and glazier, Damgate street Brabetor, Honour, butcher, Damgate str. Brewster, Sarah, Black Horse, Suton str. Browne, Eliza, Queen’s Head, Bridewell street Browne, William, Sun inn, Damgate str. Bunn, John, cooper, Damgate street Bunn, John, bootmaker, Market place Bunn, William, baker, Fairland street Camp, William and Son, carpenters, Bridewell street Cann John, Stephenson, attorney and solicitor Cann, John, miller, agent to the Norwich Union Life and Fire offices, and General Hail storm office; h Town green Cann, S. J. Stephenson, solicitor, clerk to Magistrates, Commissioner of Taxes, and the Forehoe Board of Guardians, Superintendent Registrar, Secretary to the Gas Company, Branch Bank of Messrs. Harvey and Hudson, Market place Cann, Samuel, wheelwright and retailer in beer, Town green Cann, William, butcher, Market place Chambers, John, licensed dealer in spirits, Market place Chapman, James, King’s Head hotel, Market place Clarke, Cordal, solicitor’s clerk, Vicar street Clarke, Ellen, milliner and dressmaker, Market place Clarke, Ethelbert, carpenter, Market place Clarke, Edward Palmer, solicitor, Vicar street Clarke, William B., builder, Market street Colman, James, builder, Fairland street Colman, Thomas Edward Tawell, surgeon, Vicar street Colman, William, plumber and glazier, Bridewell street Cooper, Charles, painter and glazier, Damgate street Cooper, Jane, boarding and day school, Bridewell street Cooper, John, hairdresser, Fairland street Cowell, Henry, bootmaker, Market street Cowell, John, shoeing smith, Fairland street Cowell, William, whitesmith, Suton street Crannas, William, Duke’s Head, Damgate street Crosby, William, White Swan, Vicar street Cross, John, Two Brewers, Damgate street Cross, John B., Cock inn and butcher, Town green Cross, Mary, Duck and Dog, Market street Dannoch, William, whitesmith, Church street Davey, John, tailor and draper, Market street Davey, Maria, butcher, Market street Dawdry, Charles, corn and seed merchant, Town green Denny, John, Leather Bottle, Town green Dover, Elizabeth, green-grocer, Church street Dunham, William, White Hart, Market st. Fison, James, chemist and druggist, and post-master, Market street Fitt, Lee Felix, saddle and harness maker, Market street Flaskett, William, Permanent Way Inspector for the Eastern Counties’ Railway Company; h near Wymondham station Forster, Robert, printer, bookbinder, and parish clerk, Market street; h Church street Foulsham, Richard, the Griffin, Market street Foulsham, Samuel, leather cutter, Town green Fox, Benjamin, boot and shoe maker, Town green Foyster, David, broker, Chapel street Fulcher, John, whitesmith, Fairland street Glasspoole, William, auctioneer and estate agent Goodings, Robert, green-grocer, Damgate street Greenfield, Mrs. E., superintendent of the Wymondham bridewell Hall, Robert, farmer, Bridewell street Harvey and Hudson, bankers, Market pl. Harvey, Jesse, cooper, Town green Harvey, Thomas, earthenware dealer, Damgate street Harvey, William, builder, Damgate street High, Charlotte, shopkeeper, Church street High, Sophia, Coach and Horses, Vicar street Howes, James, the Goat, Churchgate str. Howes, John, fishmonger, Town green Hubbard, John, White Horse, Suton street Hubbard, John, butcher, Damgate street Hubbard, Mary, Wool Pack, Fairland str. Hubbard, Sarah, Three Feathers, Town green Hubbard, Thomas, veterinary surgeon, Fairland street Jackson, Maria, milliner, Market place Jermy, William, farmer, Linfield Kemp, John, blacksmith, Bridewell street Kemp, Richard, smith in general, Town green Kerrison, Elizabeth, bootmaker, Market street Kerry, John, relieving officer, Market place King, Henry, miller, Church street Lemon, Samuel, boot and shoe maker, Damgate street Mason, Henry, Excise officer, Town green Morley, John, boot and shoe maker, Fairland street Morris, Moore, linen draper, Market street Parker, Mrs. James, fancy repository, Market street Parker and Son, linen drapers and grocers, Market street Parsel, Benjamin, boot and shoe maker, Town green Parsley, Henry, tailor, Fairland street Peacock, James, bootmaker, Town green Perfitt, Ephraim Joseph, watch and clock maker, Market street Perfitt, John, boot and shoe maker, Fairland street Plowman, John S., George and the Dragon, and butcher, Market place Plunkett, William, shopkeeper, Town green Poll, Emily, shopkeeper, Town green Poll, James, carpenter and joiner, Damgate street Poll, William Cooper, carpenter, Town green Proctor, Martha Ann, milliner, Damgate street Reeve, Thomas Marshall, ironmonger, Market place Rix, Thomas Colman, builder, Market street Robins, Edward James, stone mason, Suton street Robins, Mary Ann, shopkeeper, Damgate street Rudling, William, watch and clock maker, Church street Scarles, Charles, accountant, Town green Secker, Robert, basket-maker, Bridewell street Secker, William, basket-maker, Bridewell street Seely, Joseph Henry, haircutter, Damgate street Self, Edward, confectioner, Market street Self, Henry H., confectioner, Town green Self, Robert, confectioner, Fairland street Skipper, James, hairdresser, Market street Skoulding, William, chemist and druggist, Market place Smith, John, grocer, Damgate street Smith, John, broker, Damgate street Smith, Washington William, bookseller, stationer, &c., agent for Norwich newspapers, Atlas Insurance office, Market place Sparkhall, James and Edward, butchers and farmers, Town green Spinks, Thomas, grocer, Damgate street Standley, George, Green Dragon, Church street Standley, John, auctioneer and appraiser, Market street Stanley, John, farmer, Church street Stanley, William, tailor and draper, Church street Stebbings, Edward, Crown, Market street Stimpson, James, ginger beer manufacturer, Town green Taylor and Son, merchants, Damgate str. Taylor, William H., agent to the Sun Fire office, and Life Association of Scotland, Town green Tipple, Sarah, grocer and draper, Vicar street Traxon, Esau, glover, Market street Traxon, Israel, grocer and draper, Town green Trixon, Frederic, baker, Town green Tunaley, Robert James, surgeon, Market street Turner, David, linen draper, Market place Ward, Thomas Samuel, station master, Wymondham station Watson, Henry, leather cutter, Bridewell street Watson, Samuel, railway hotel, Wymondham station Weed, Benjamin, pipemaker, Town green Wells, John, shopkeeper, Town green Welton, Robert, corn dealer, Churchgate street White, Jesse, commission agent and accountant; bookseller, stationer; china, glass, and fancy goods warehouse, Market place Woodbine, John, builder, Town green Woods, Henry, draper, Fairland street Wright, Robert, saddler and harness-maker, Suton street Wright, Robert, saddle and harness maker, Market place |
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