THE NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES.

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The following is a Directory of the Villages within a circuit of five miles.

ARMINGHALL, a small parish in Henstead hundred, 2½ miles from Norwich, contained, in 1851, 56 inhabitants. It comprises 630 acres, which belong to the Dean and Chapter of Norwich, who are lords of the manor, patrons of the living, and impropriators of the tithes. The living is a perpetual curacy, held by the Rev. Thomas John Batcheler, B.D., who resides at Norwich.

COMMERCIAL.

Hammond, John, market gardener

Parker, George William, farmer

Saul, Robert, blacksmith

Waters, Edward, farmer and poor rate collector, The Hall

Spink, William, parish clerk

BAWBURGH, or BABUR, in Forehoe hundred, 5 miles from Norwich, contains 1400 acres, and the population, in 1851, was 460. Lord Stafford is lord of the manor, and the chief landowners are J. S. Muskett, Esq., of Eaton, and Sir W. Parish, Knt. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The Rev. G. Carter, of Norwich, is the incumbent, and the Rev. J. H. Payne, of Colney, the curate.

COMMERCIAL.

Browne, Daniel, blacksmith

Buxton, Samuel, King’s Head

Candler, Edward, superintendent of paper mills

Child, John William, baker

Cole, Jas., wheelwright and blacksmith

Cross, Thomas, farmer

Davey, James, bricklayer

Delane, Magnay and Co., paper mills (and at Taverham)

Dunham, James, shoemaker

Dunnell, William, shoemaker

Forster, William, The Cock

Hart, Thomas, farmer

Harvey, George, butcher

Matthews, Robert, parish clerk

Reeve, Thomas, butcher

Smith, Timothy, farmer

Sturgess, Elizabeth, school-mistress

Sturgess, William, school-master

Tann, Samuel, wheelwright

Tyler, John, shopkeeper

BEESTON ST. ANDREW, in Taverham hundred. 3 miles north of Norwich, contains three farms and a few cottages. The Old Hall was built in 1610, and is still standing. The chief part of the land belongs to the Rev. J. N. Micklethwait and O. Barnes, Esq. Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, Bart., is lord of the manor. There is no church, but a sinecure rectory, in the patronage of the Rev. Henry Banfather, who is also the incumbent. The population, in 1851, was 41.

Barnes, Orlando, farmer

Bowen, Thomas, farmer

Howlett, Harcourt, farmer

Gowen, Abraham, gardener

BIXLEY is a pretty village, in the hundred of Henstead, about 3 miles from Norwich. It consists of 634 acres of land, chiefly the property of the Earl of Rosebery, who is lord of the manor. The population, in 1851, was 128. The living is a rectory, with that of Earl Framingham annexed, in the gift of the Rev. Charles David Brereton, M.A., who is also the incumbent.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Base, Samuel, Esq., Lodge

Martin, Mrs., Hall

COMMERCIAL.

Clare, Charles and Son, millers and merchants

Jarmay, Charles, farm bailiff

Parker, Arthur, farmer

Parker, Charles, farmer

Parker, George, yeoman

Seaman, William, farmer, and poor’s rate collector

Sowter, James, yeoman

Sowter, John, farmer

BRAMERTON, situate in the hundred of Henstead, 4½ miles from Norwich, contains 230 inhabitants and 728 acres of land. The living is a rectory in the gift of Robert Fellowes, Esq: the Rev. Edmund Blake is the incumbent. The parish school is attended by between 40 and 50 children.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Blake, Rev. Edmund, M.A., Rectory

Blake, John Joseph, Esq.

Blake, Mrs. Sophia

COMMERCIAL.

Beaumont, Henry, sen., carpenter

Beaumont, Robert, farmer and parish clerk

Crisp, William, farm bailiff

Forder, John, grocer and poor’s rate collector

Frost, Samuel, market gardener

Green, John, corn miller

Miller, Mrs. Mary, farmer

Moore, John, postmaster

Nobbs, J., butcher and pig dealer

Nobbs, John, shopkeeper

Osborne, J., farmer and cattle dealer

Rudd, Robert Gray, farmer

Todd, David, blacksmith

Turner, Miss Harriet, schoolmistress

Turner, Samuel, Woods End Ferry, and plumber and painter

BOWTHORPE, 3 miles from Norwich, has but about 30 inhabitants, and 600 acres of land, belonging to R. Frank, Esq., and all farmed by Mr. Howlett. The church is in ruins, and the curacy is consolidated with Earlham.

CAISTOR ST. EDMUND, a village in Henstead hundred, 3 miles from Norwich, contains 154 inhabitants, and 1045a. 1r. 10p. of land. The living is a rectory, consolidated with that of Markshall, in the gift of Mrs. Dashwood, of Caistor Hall, who is also lady of the manor; the incumbent is the Rev. John Arthy. Caistor is supposed to have been the capital of the Iceni, a Belgic tribe, and was by the Romans called Venta Icenorum, and for distinction, Castrum, the camp, whence the East Angles, on their conquest of the country, called it Caistor. Many Roman antiquities and coins, preserved at Norwich, have been found here of various emperors.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Arthy, Rev. John, M.A., rector

Dashwood, Mrs. Harriet, the Hall

COMMERCIAL.

Cogman, John, blacksmith and parish clerk

Culling, Thomas Norman, farmer

Davy, A., wheelwright and carpenter

King, James, farmer

Spurrell, John, farmer

Williamson, Thomas, farmer, and poor rate collector

CARLETON ST. MARY, or East Carleton, in Humbleyard hundred and Henstead union, is distant from Swainsthorpe station 2 miles, and Norwich 5. It contained 284 inhabitants in 1851, and 1213 acres of land. East Carleton anciently formed two parishes, and had two churches, which are now united for parochial, but separated for ecclesiastical purposes. The church of St. Peter went to ruins in 1550, but its discharged rectory still remains as a sinecure, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency of the Rev. Samuel Barker, of Lakenheath, in Suffolk. The living of the church of St. Mary is a rectory, in the gift of the Norwich Charity Trustees, who are lords of one of the manors, and the Rev. Robert John Francis, of Beccles, is the incumbent. The chief landowners are the Rev. John Henry Steward, M.A., who is also lord of the manor of Carleton, late Townshend’s, and Sir John Peter Boileau, Bart.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Denison, Stephen Charles, Esq., The Lodge

Francis, Mrs. Letitia

Steward, Rev. John H., M.A., Manor house

COMMERCIAL.

Albrough, William, market gardener

Bailey, Robert, butcher

Baldwin, Richard, market gardener

Bunting, John, wheelwright

Cooper, John, parish clerk

Edwards, John Green, farmer

Fairman, James, market gardener

Forster, William, blacksmith

Heard, George, farmer

Huggins, William, farmer and collector of taxes

Land, Mrs. Sarah, shopkeeper

Smith, Matthew, farmer and collector of rates

Swann, John, land bailiff

Thrower, Isaac, boot and shoe maker

CATTON (OLD) is a picturesque village, about 2½ miles from Norwich, with 900 acres of land, and, in 1851, a population of 618. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich, who are also lords of the manor, and the vicar is the Rev. Richard Hart, B.A. The Hall is occupied by John Henry Gurney, Esq., M.P. NEW CATTON is a suburb of Norwich.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Barnes, Miss Jane, Old hall

Blake, Robert Wiffen, Esq.

Chamberlin, Robert, Esq.

Cooke, Henry, Esq.

Cubitt, William Jary, Esq.

Gedge, George, Esq.

Gurney, John Henry, Esq., M.P., Hall

Hart, Rev. Richard, B.A., Vicarage

Heath, Charles, Esq.

Long, Edmund Slingsby, Esq.

Massingham, Joseph, Esq.

Millard, William Salter, Esq.

Minty, Miss

Morse, Mrs. George

Rackham, Thomas Hanworth, Esq., The Cottage

Rackham, Thomas John Carter, Esq., The Grove

Springfield, Osborn, Esq.

Waite, John Newman, Esq.

COMMERCIAL.

Attoe, John, lime burner

Badcock, William, blacksmith

Broad John, boot maker

Dennington, Thomas, gardener

Dixon, Owen, farmer

Guymer, Joseph, wheelwright

Guymer, Richard, parish clerk and carpenter

Guymer, William, carpenter

Hinde, Ephraim, farmer

Hipper, Robert, Maid’s Head inn

Howeld John, boot and shoe maker

Jackson, Mrs. Harriet, mistress of the Free School

Lambert, Edward, market gardener

Minns, John, farmer

Neale, William, blacksmith

Newman, Mrs. Mary A., laundress

Oakley, John, tailor

Orsborn, Mark, woodman and bricklayer

Paul, William, George and Dragon inn, and boot and shoe maker

Plowman, Robert, Magpie inn, and saddler and harness maker

Rackham, Elijah, farmer

Rackham, Elisha, market gardener

Rackham, Thomas H., solicitor

Rippingale, Mrs. Sarah, shopkeeper

Scott, Samuel, farmer

Walker Thomas, baker and postmaster

COLNEY, 3 miles from Norwich, contains about 90 inhabitants and nearly 1000 acres of land, belonging to Joseph Scott, Esq. The living is a rectory in the gift of Mr. Scott. The Rev. E. Postle, M.A., is the incumbent, and, the Rev. J. H. Payne, M.A., the curate.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Payne, Rev. John Hervey, M.A.

Scott, Joseph, Esq., The Hall

COMMERCIAL.

Bone, Mrs. Hannah, sub-postmistress

Bone, Thomas, boot and shoe maker

Gayford, Luke, blacksmith

Meen, Samuel, farmer

Utting, John, farmer

Wilson, John, boot and shoe maker

COSTESSEY, or Cossey, is a scattered but pleasant village, 4 miles from Norwich, in the Forehoe hundred and union, with a population of about 1100. The Hall is the seat of Lord Stafford, who is lord of the manor, and the principal landowner. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Great Hospital, at Norwich, and enjoyed by the Rev. James William Evans, M.A. There are a National school, a British school, a large Roman Catholic school, and Baptist and Roman Catholic chapels.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Evans, Rev. James W., Cottage

Husenbeth, Right Rev. F. C., D.D., (Catholic)

Ivory, Rev. John, Baptist minister

Kidd, Mr. Thomas

Martin, Mr. Edmund

COMMERCIAL.

Banham, James, well sinker

Banham, William, farmer and butcher

Barker, Robert, farmer

Bealey, Thomas, shopkeeper and wheelwright

Blowers, John, land agent, Hall

Cannell, Jacob, butcher

Carr, John, farmer

Coe, John, police constable

Cole, William, gardener

Culley, Henry Utting, corn miller

Culley, John, farmer

Cushion, William, shoemaker

Fairman, Benjamin, basket maker

Grant, Joseph, glass stainer

Frost, Rose, National schoolmistress

Gunton, Edward, Red Lion

Gunton, George, brickmaker

Hall, Horatio, druggist and grocer

Harman, Henry, farmer

Hastings Edward, carpenter

Hastings, Elizabeth, farmer

Hastings, William, carpenter

Howard, Peter, farmer

Hudson, James, The Falcon

Jewell, Samuel, veterinary surgeon

Kidd, Mrs., bricklayer

Lavender, John, farmer, Park

Laws, Mark, shoemaker

Norman, John, bricklayer and lime burner

Perry, John L., grocer and draper

Rising, Robert C., farmer, Lodge

Sadler, John, shoemaker

Savage, George, saddler

Sidney, Robert C., shopkeeper

Sisson, Henry, Black Swan

Smith, Charles, registrar of marriages

Sparks, Mary, British school

Spaul, John, tailor

Spaul, Miss Betsey, shopkeeper

Taylor, John, The Bush, and watchmaker

Taylor, Mrs. William, farmer

Watcham, Charles, butcher and farmer

Wighton, John, gardener

Wighton, Mrs., White Hart

White, John, gamekeeper, Park

White, Richard, gamekeeper and woodman

CRINGLEFORD, in Humbleyard hundred and Henstead union, is situated about 2½ miles from Norwich, and 3 from the Hethersett railway station. The parish contains nearly 1000 acres of land and about 200 inhabitants. The Trustees of the Great Hospital, (St. Helen’s) Norwich, are impropriators of the tithes and patrons of the living, which is a perpetual curacy, now held by the Rev. Edward Priest, B.A., with a stipend of £100 per annum. A large school-room for this and the adjoining parishes, with a capital residence for the master, has been erected here by subscription.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Bateman, James, Esq.

Davie, Rev. William Cufaude, M.A., curate of Intwood, Intwood rectory, in Cringleford

Girdlestone, Mrs. Mary Ann

Patteson, Mrs.

Priest, Rev. Edward, B.A., incumbent, Parsonage

Tyler, William, Esq.

COMMERCIAL.

Candler, Horatio, miller and farmer

Cannell, Abraham, sen., farmer

Cannell, Abraham, jun., farmer

Cracknell, John, wheelwright and blacksmith

Drane, William, farmer

George, George, farmer

Land, John, schoolmaster

Reynolds, John, farmer

CROSTWICK, in the Taverham hundred, 4 miles from Norwich, contains a population of 140, and 700 acres of excellent land, the property of John Longe, Esq., of Spixworth, and Lieut. Col. Stracey. The living is a rectory in the gift of the Bishop of Norwich, and the Rev. E. J. Bell is the incumbent. There is a National school for between 40 and 50 children.

PRIVATE RESIDENT.

Bell, Rev. Edward John, M.A.

COMMERCIAL.

Benseley, John, farmer

Crowe, Alfred, wheelwright

Money, John, carpenter

Towler, Frederick, farmer

Woodcock, William, farmer

Woodhouse, Betsey, White Horse, and shopkeeper

DRAYTON, in Taverham hundred and in the union of St. Faith’s, is situated about 4½ miles north-west of Norwich station. The principal object of interest is the ruin of old Drayton Lodge, situated on an acclivity half a mile south-west of the church, near the residence of Frederick Magnay, Esq. Its walls are composed of yellow brick. Here is also an entrenchment field of battle, called Bloodsdale, and the ruins of an ancient cross. The church of St. Margaret is a plain building, with thatched roof and square tower. The living, in the gift of the Bishop of Norwich, is a rectory consolidated with Hellesdon, joint gross annual value £649. The Rev. Hinds Howell, B.A., is the incumbent, and resides at the Rectory. There is a National School recently opened for boys and girls; and there is also a Baptist Chapel in the village. The parish contains 1284 acres, and in 1851, the population was 472.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Bradshaw, Capt. Francis Green

Bradshaw, Francis Weston, Esq.

Howell, Rev. H., B.A., (rector) Rectory

Magnay, Frederick Arthur, Esq.

COMMERCIAL.

Adcock, Edmund, farmer

Adcock, Henry, Cock inn, and farmer

Adcock, William, bootmaker

Arger, John, pork butcher

Bell, William, wheelwright

Bessey, John, bootmaker

Blyth, Matthew, brewer

Bunn, Samuel, farmer

Buttle, Henry, postmaster and shopkeeper

Cannell, John, blacksmith

Eke, Everett, blacksmith

Fenn, Robert, shoemaker, and collector of rates and taxes

French, Miles, farmer

Fuller, Daniel, parish clerk

Hipper, Robert, butcher

Howard, Jeremiah, saw and corn mills

Howard, William, Red Lion

March, John, shopkeeper

Norton, Hammond, landowner and farmer

DUNSTON, in Humbleyard hundred and Henstead union, distant from Swainsthorpe station 1½ mile, and from Norwich 4 miles, contained, in 1851, 126 inhabitants, and 613 acres of land, principally the property of Robert Kellett Long, Esq., of Dunston Hall, who is lord of the manor. The church of St. Remigius is a small building with square tower; it has a brass in the chancel, with effigies of Clere Talbot and his two wives. The living is a perpetual curacy, and the present incumbent is the Rev. H. C. Long, and his curate the Rev. J. W. Wenn, who resides at Mangreen Hall. There is a school, supported by the lord of the manor.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Fish, John

Long, Robert K., Esq., Dunston Hall

Moy, John

COMMERCIAL.

Dady, John, parish clerk

Le Neve, — farmer

Lincoln, Jeremiah, steward to R. K. Long, Esq.

Stimpson, Miss Mary A., schoolmistress

EARLHAM is a romantic little village, 2 miles from Norwich. The Hall—the birthplace and early residence of Elizabeth Fry—is now occupied by the Rev. William Ripley, M.A. The living is a vicarage, with Bowthorpe consolidated, enjoyed by the Rev. J. H. Payne, who resides at Colney.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Beauchamp, Mrs. Augusta

Ripley, Rev. William Nottidge, M.A., Earlham hall

COMMERCIAL.

Bone, Mrs. Hannah, post-office

Bright, Edward, property and income tax collector

Bright, John, carpenter

Colman, William, farmer

Cross, Mrs. Mary Ann, farmer

Kett, James, farmer

EATON, 2 miles from Norwich, population nearly 800. The Dean and Chapter of Norwich are lords of the manor, and the living is a vicarage, in their gift. The Rev. George Day is the incumbent.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Beddingfield, Mr. Nelson, Newmarket road

Bedford, Mrs., Fern Hill cottage

Blythe, Miss Rhoda, Mile End lane

Button, Mrs., Mile End lane

Chamberlin, Mr. James, Mile End lane

Crooke, Mrs., Mile End lane

Davis, Mr. Samuel S., Mile End lane

Day, Peter, Esq., Beech lodge

Fickling, Miss Caroline, Mile End lane

Flowers, Mrs., Unthank’s road

Hill, Mr. Samuel S., Mile End lane

Jeckell, George, Esq., Eaton road

Muskett, Joseph, S., Esq.

Rossi, George, Esq., Eaton villa

Seed, Mr. Henry

Steward, Edward, Esq., Eaton hall

Stocks, Rev. Edward, M.A., Newmarket road

Sudbury, Mr. Thomas, Mile End lane

Taylor, Clement, Esq., Mile End lane

Taylor, Mrs., Mile End lane

Thorns, Mr. Robert, Eaton park

COMMERCIAL.

Dix, William James, farmer

Fish, John, The Cellar House inn

Ewing, John W., nurseryman, seedsman, and lime burner

Freeman, Charles R., wholesale grocer

George, Thomas W., farmer and brewer

Matthew, John, drillman

Newman, Henry, farmer, North farm

Nixon, Robert, Lamb inn

Stannard, James, Red Lion

Stannard, Thomas, cattle dealer

Stocks, Rev. Edward, M.A., academy

Stubbs, George, farmer, Mile end

Thirkettle, William, blacksmith

Webb, W., shopkeeper and postmaster

FRAMINGHAMS, two pretty and neatly-wooded parishes, called Framingham Pigot and Framingham Earl, the latter seated 4 miles south-east of Norwich, and the former extending one mile further south-eastward. They are agricultural villages, possessing separate churches, both dedicated to St. Andrew. The Earl of Roseberry is lord of the manor. The land belongs to several owners, of whom G. B. Leak Knight, Esq., W. Jecks, Esq., and G. H. Christie, Esq., are the largest. The living of Framingham Pigot is in the gift of the Bishop of Norwich, and the incumbent is the Rev. William Henry Plume, B.A. Framingham Earl is a rectory, annexed to that of Bixley, joint annual value £608, in the gift of the incumbent, the Rev. Charles David Brereton, M.A.; his curate is the Rev. Godfrey John Bird. There is a small Baptist chapel in Framingham Pigot, and a National school in Framingham Earl; also a Wesleyan chapel. The population of Framingham Earl, in 1851, was 111, and Framingham Pigot, 345. The old church at Framingham Pigot is now replaced by a handsome edifice in the Early English style, from designs by Mr. Thomas Loyd, of Norwich.

FRAMINGHAM EARL.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Bird, Rev. Godfrey John, curate

Black, Capt. George

Knight, George Brown Leak, Esq.

COMMERCIAL.

Barker, William, Railway tavern

Barker, William, carpenter

Blyth, Samuel, parish clerk

Blyth, Samuel, farm bailiff

Chaplin, Josiah, master of National school and postmaster

Gedge, John, farmer and poor’s rate collector

Utting, George, farmer

FRAMINGHAM PIGOT.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Christie, George Henry, Esq.

Hawkins, John, Esq.

Jecks, William, Esq.

Plume, Rev. William H., B.A., Rectory

COMMERCIAL.

Alexander, David, farmer

Barker, Thomas, farmer

Barker, William, Feathers

Beaumont, John, shoemaker

Beaumont, Robert, shoemaker

Ewing, John, bricklayer

Ewing, Robert, shoemaker and parish clerk

Grint, Miss Ruth, parochial schoolmistress

Hawkes, John, jun., market gardener

Holmes, William, market gardener

Ives, Thomas, farmer

Kirby, John, farmer

Lawrence, William, shopkeeper and carpenter

Long, George, market gardener and poor’s rate collector

Nunn, William, grocer and baker

Read, Charles, carpenter

Riches, Henry, cowkeeper

Sales, William, The Fox, and blacksmith

Spinks, — farmer and butcher

Wilkinson, Pinkingham, market gardener

Yallop, James, market gardener

Youngs, William, The Gull

GREAT AND LITTLE PORINGLAND. Great or East Poringland, 4½ miles from Norwich, is in Henstead union and hundred. The Earl of Roseberry is lord of the manor. The living is a rectory, with residence; the Rev. S. Brereton is the patron and incumbent, and the Rev. L. C. Wallich, M.A., is the curate. Little Poringland is chiefly the property of the Rev. J. Holmes, who is also lord of the manor. It is united with Great Poringland for the support of the poor, but not with regard to the roads. The church is in ruins. The living is a curacy consolidated with the rectory of Howe. The population of the joint parishes in 1851, was 605.

GREAT PORINGLAND.

PRIVATE RESIDENT.

Wallich, Rev. Leonard Calder, M.A., curate

COMMERCIAL.

Aylmer, William, The Dove

Beverly, Thomas, corn miller and farmer

Beverly, Tobias, farmer

Beverly, William, yeoman

Bullen, John, carpenter

Bullen, Thomas, wheelwright and carpenter

Case, William Drackett, blacksmith

Chalker, Mrs. Sarah, dressmaker

Critoph, Joseph, shopkeeper

Edwards, James, beer retailer and well sinker

Fransham, Mrs. Susannah, farmer

Goodrum, Benjamin, blacksmith

King, Charles, farmer

Lake, James, cattle dealer

Lawrence, James, White Hart, and well sinker and pump maker

Laws, R., White Swan, and bricklayer

Lincoln, John, blacksmith

Matthews, Norman, farmer

Palmer, Herbert, wheelwright and shopkeeper

Parker, John, miller and poor’s rate collector

Taylor, Joseph, shoemaker

Thetford, Robert Johnson, farmer

Todd, David, cattle dealer

Todd, J., cattle dealer, farmer and butcher

Utting, James, parish clerk

Utting, Mrs. Lydia, pork butcher

Wright, Jonathan, shopkeeper

LITTLE PORINGLAND.

COMMERCIAL.

Burrell, John, farmer

Hubbard, Charles, farmer

Seago, Thomas, farmer

Shortins, James, farmer

GREAT MELTON, in Humbleyard hundred and union of Henstead, is 3 miles from Hethersett station, and 6 from Norwich. The Hall is a plain mansion, the seat of Charles Lombe, Esq., lord of the manor and chief owner. The living is a rectory, with residence, in the gift of Caius College, Cambridge, and the incumbent is the Rev. Charles Eyres, M.A. The village school-room, a very handsome building, was erected in 1850, at the sole expense of Charles Lombe, Esq. The school, which is for boys and girls, is conducted on the National system, and supported by the lord of the manor and the Rev. Charles Eyres, with a small weekly payment from the scholars.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Eyres, Rev. Charles, M.A., rector

Rose, Mr. Thomas

COMMERCIAL.

Barber, Miss, schoolmistress

Barker, James, shopkeeper

Bloom, Thomas, farmer, College farm

Burrell, John, farmer

Child, J., beer retailer and blacksmith

Cunningham, James, shopkeeper

Dodd, Robert, farmer, Church farm

Howard, Matthew, farmer

Howlett, William, market gardener

Pearson, George, farmer, Whong farm

Pearson, James, farmer, Chapel farm

Reynolds, John, farmer

Rose, Phillip, farmer, High House and Rail farms

Sutton, William, farmer

Woodcock, John, parish clerk

HELLESDEN, or HELLESDON, is situated in Taverham hundred, about 2 miles from Norwich. In 1851 the population was 467, but a great part is at Hellesdon hamlet, in the county of the city of Norwich. The church of St. Mary is small but neat: it is square built, without a tower, but has a wooden belfry and spire. The living is a rectory, consolidated with that of Drayton (see Drayton). A National school was erected in 1852, by Government grant and subscriptions.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Bleakley, Mrs., Fir house

Delane, William, Esq.

COMMERCIAL.

Baldrey, John, market gardener, fruit, potatoe, and pea salesman, Upper Hellesden

Batson, Edward, miller, and postmaster, Upper Hellesden

Bleakley, Page, farmer, Fir house

Blyth, James, wheelwright

Cooper, John, farmer, Upper Hellesden

Cox, James, market gardener, Upper Hellesden

Cross, George, farmer

Dennington, Job, market gardener, Upper Hellesden

Gowing, George, farmer, Old Hall

Greenfield, Mrs. Clara, market gardener, Upper Hellesden

Holman, George, blacksmith

Orris, Alfred, farmer, Upper Hellesden

Larkman, Robert, market gardener, Upper Hellesden

Reynolds, Joshua, miller and guardian, Upper Hellesden

Tallowin, Joseph, Old Mile Cross, Upper Hellesden

Wells, William Harrison, miller

Wright, Miss Harriet, National schoolmistress, Upper Hellesden

HETHERSETT has a railway station on the Eastern Counties’ Railway. This village is in Humbleyard hundred; 3 miles from Wymondham, and 6 from Norwich. There is a chapel for Wesleyans; also a National and British school for boys and girls, which are both well attended. The living is a rectory, with that of Canteloffe annexed, in the gift of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. The present incumbent is the Rev. William Reynolds Collett, M.A. The Oak of Reformation, under which the two Ketts and their associates took a solemn oath in 1549 to reform the abuses of Church and State, is still to be seen on the road from Wymondham to Hethersett. The population is 1209. John Henry Gurney, Esq., M.P., and Henry Back, Esq., are the chief landowners. The station is in Ketteringham, about a mile distant.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Andrew, Rev. William Wayte, M.A., incumbent of Ketteringham, Wood hall

Back, Alfred, Esq.

Back, Henry, Esq. Hethersett hall

Baker, Mr. Benjamin, Lynch green

Brown, The Misses

Collett, Rev. William Reynolds, M.A., Rectory

Cook, Mr. Thomas

Dickman, Mr. John

Langford, Capt. George

Norgate, Col. Charles

COMMERCIAL.

Bailey, Jonathan, boot and shoe maker

Bailey, Robert, bricklayer

Bale, Mrs. S., butcher and brickmaker

Barber, William, hairdresser

Buckingham, Nicholas, farmer

Buckingham, William, farmer

Bush, Robert, farmer, Dairy farm

Clarke, Mrs. Julia, shopkeeper

Clarke, Rowland, baker

Cunningham, W., boot and shoe maker

Curson, John, boot and shoe maker

Curson, John, builder and brickmaker

Eldridge, James, schoolmaster

Eldridge, Mrs. Maria, schoolmistress

Emms, Mrs. Mary, straw bonnet maker, Miller’s row

Fisk, Ed., saddler and harness maker

Ford, William, King’s Head

Fox, James, Greyhound

Harvey, J., agricultural machine maker

Herne, Thomas, blacksmith

Hickling, T., saddler and harness maker

Hood, John, jun., farmer

Howard, David, butcher

Ireland, Robert, carpenter, Lynch green

HOLVERSTONE, in Henstead hundred and union, 5 miles from Norwich, contains 345 acres of land, which mostly belongs to the executors of the late John Marcon, Esq., of Swaffham. The church of St. Mary was dilapidated some centuries ago, and no part of it now remains. The rectory is in three medieties, united to Rockland St. Marys, Bergh Apton, and Hillington. The population, in 1851, was 30.

COMMERCIAL.

Andrews, Jesse, farmer and poor’s rate collector, The Hall

Andrews, William, farmer

Sussams, Darius, market gardener

HORSFORD is a scattered village and parish, between 4 and 5 miles from Norwich, belonging principally to Viscount Ranelagh, and Sir Thomas B. Lennard, Bart., who is lord of the manor. The population is about 700. The living is a vicarage, held by the Rev. William Atthill M.A.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Armes, Mrs. Sarah

Atthill, Rev. William, M.A., Vicarage

Day, James, Esq.

Gill, John Brooke, Esq.

Mc’Donald, Mrs.

Sambourne, Miss

COMMERCIAL.

Andrews, Alfred, boot and shoe maker

Andrews, Robert, farmer

Armes, Mrs. Rachel, dressmaker

Armes, Robert, parish clerk

Baker, Charles, farmer

Baker, Henry, farm bailiff

Baker, John, farmer

Barrett, Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer

Barrett, Samuel, farmer

Blyth, Philip, farmer

Bowles, Benjamin Robert, farmer

Bunn, John, bricklayer

Bunn, Mrs. Sarah, farmer

Bunn, William, joiner

Canham, John, farmer and landowner

Chapman, James, beer retailer

Chubbock, Henry, Spotted Dog inn

Chubbock, Robert, butcher

Cole, James, The Crown inn

Crome, Samuel, farmer

French, Wallace, butcher and grocer

Frost, John, farmer

Greaves, Thomas and James, farmers

Greaves, John Snelling, farm bailiff

Greaves, William, farm bailiff

Harsent, Samuel, market gardener

Harvey, William, boot and shoe maker

Howe, William, bricklayer

Hutton, John and William, farmers

Lacy, Pamela, day school

Lacy, Virtue, dressmaker

March, James, farmer

March, Jeremiah, carpenter

Oliver, Mrs. Mary, beer retailer

Pratt, William, farmer

Punt, Abraham, farmer

Punt, Elijah, farmer

Pye, Theophilus, baker and shopkeeper

Reeve, Edmund, farmer

Rice, Richard, coachmaker

Springle, Elijah, bricklayer

Wade, John, blacksmith

Wade, Walter, shoemaker

Walker, Mrs. Elizabeth, shopkeeper

Williamson, Frederick, farmer

Williamson, Mrs. Martha, dressmaker

Wortley, Robert, farmer

HORSHAM ST. FAITH and NEWTON ST. FAITH are two villages forming one parish, generally known as “St. Faith’s,” from 4 to 5 miles from Norwich, in Taverham hundred. There were, in 1851, 923 inhabitants in Horsham, and 288 in Newton. The parish comprises 2700 acres, belonging to several proprietors, the largest of whom is Viscount Ranelagh, who is lord of the manor and patron of the living, a perpetual curacy, held by the Rev. William Atthill, M.A., of Horsford. The Wesleyans have a chapel in each village.

HORSHAM ST. FAITH.

PRIVATE RESIDENT.

Priestley, William Stanton, Esq.

COMMERCIAL.

Barker, Edmund, veterinary surgeon

Blyth, John, boot maker

Bridger, John, boot maker

Cable, Robert, King’s Head

Carman, Philip, farmer, and superintendent registrar

Cook, James, farmer

Cook, William Warner, farmer

Cooper, James, market gardener

Cox, Mrs. Charlotte Maria, schoolmistress to Union

Cox, William Salisbury, schoolmaster to Union

Dickerson, Mrs. Ann, matron of Union

Dickerson, James, master of Union

Eglinton, Richard, farmer and miller

Harper, Miss Elizabeth, shopkeeper

Leamon, Edmund, market gardener

Livock, Thomas, farmer

Lovick, John, beer retailer, and farmer

Lovick, Samuel, shopkeeper

Newton, William, boot maker

Norm, Mrs. Eve Elizabeth, market gardener, and beer retailer

Pearce, John, blacksmith

Priestley, William Stanton, surgeon

Randall, H., saddler and harness maker

Ryner, Allen, tailor

Reynolds, Edward, farmer, Elm farm

Reynolds, Jas., corn and seed merchant

Reynolds, Mrs. Kerenhappuch, farmer

Reynolds, Samuel, farmer

Rice, James, Black Swan, butcher and postmaster

Rice, James, jun., butcher and dealer

Richards, Robert, relieving officer, and registrar of births and deaths

Scarnett, John, farmer, builder, and registrar of marriages

Scarnett, John, junr., blacksmith and grocer

Scarnett, John, senr., carpenter

Turner, Edward, farmer

West, John, farmer

Webb, Benjamin, shopkeeper and basket maker

Woodcock, Samuel, The Crown

Yarrington, Henry, market gardener

NEWTON ST. FAITH.

COMMERCIAL.

Batley, Stephen, chair maker

Bullard, R., jun., shopkeeper and butcher

Bullard, Robert, senr., farmer

Cooper, John, shopkeeper

Newton, Richard, boot maker

Palmer, Benjamin, licensed hawker

Pointer, Edmund, The Crown

Pointer, George, shopkeeper

Reynolds, James, farmer

Reynolds, Joshua, farmer

Smith, John, shoemaker

Woodcock, Joseph, farmer

Woodcock, Mark, cattle dealer

INTWOOD, a small village, near Hethersett station, 3½ miles from Norwich, containing upwards of 600 acres of land, all the property of Joseph Salisbury Muskett, Esq., of Eaton. The living is a rectory, consolidated with that of Keswick, of the joint annual value of £350, in the gift of J. S. Muskett, Esq.; the Rev. Edmund Saul Dixon is the incumbent, and the Rev. William Cufaude Davie, M.A., of Cringleford, curate. Hudson Gurney, Esq., is lord of the manor.

PRIVATE RESIDENT.

Bacon, Richard, Noverre, Esq., Intwood hall

COMMERCIAL.

Allden, William Spratt, farmer

Cannell, Henry, parish clerk

KESWICK, a small parish in Humbleyard hundred and Henstead union, 3 miles from Norwich. The population, in 1851, was 126. The parish, which contains 722 acres of land, belongs principally to Hudson Gurney, Esq., who is lord of the manor, and occupies the New hall. Of the church nothing remains but part of the round tower. The rectory is consolidated with that of Intwood.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Birkbeck, Mrs., Old Hall

Gurney, Hudson, Esq., New Hall

COMMERCIAL.

Beezer, John, postmaster

Blomfield, Miles, miller

Edwards, T., farmer and land agent

KIRBY BEDON, in Henstead hundred, 3 miles from Norwich, contains 300 inhabitants and 1360 acres of land, belonging to the lords of the manor, Sir H. J. Stracey, Bart., and Charles Lombe, Esq., and to Mrs. Woolsey. The living is a rectory, annual value £200, with residence in the gift of Henry Muskett, Esq., and is now held by the Rev. E. Day.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Day, Rev. Edward, A.B., Rectory

Harvey, William, Esq.

Woolsey, Mrs. Maria

COMMERCIAL.

Bird, William, farmer

Butcher, James, farm bailiff

Clare, Charles, farmer

Crowe, Charles Bunn, carpenter and wheelwright

Crowe, Simon R., carpenter and wheelwright

Horne, Robert, Stracey Arms

Mallett, James, parish clerk

Money, William F., farmer

Neave, Richard, shopkeeper and market gardener

Varvill, James, bricklayer

Varvill, James, sen., farmer

LITTLE MELTON, a scattered parish, with 379 inhabitants, principally small farmers and agricultural labourers, is in Humbleyard hundred, and Henstead union. The lord of this manor is Charles Lombe, Esq. The living is a vicarage, of the annual value of £110, with residence, in the patronage of Emanuel College, Cambridge; the incumbent is the Rev. John Charles Barkley, M.A. There is a village school for boys and girls, supported by voluntary contributions.

PRIVATE RESIDENT.

Barkley, Rev. John Charles, M.A., incumbent, Parsonage

COMMERCIAL.

Aldred, Thomas Dove, farmer

Aves, John, farmer

Blyth, William, market gardener

Drane, William Tuttell, surveyor and valuer, and manufacturer of cattle food, and at Norwich

Eden, Edmund, market gardener

Fisher, Thomas, farmer

Forster, Tho., parish clerk and farmer, Corporation farm

Fox, Edmund, plumber, painter and glazier

Girling, The Misses Elizabeth and Juliana, shopkeepers

Goward, Mary Ann, schoolmistress

Hipperson, S., bricklayer and farmer

Kemp, John, market gardener

Lovett, John, shopkeeper

Reynolds, Miss Maria, beer retailer and shopkeeper

Ringer, Daniel, farmer, Low common

Thompson, James, market gardener

Wright, Frederick, miller

MARKSHALL, or Mattishall Heath, 2½ miles from Norwich, contains but 4 houses and 26 inhabitants. The land belongs chiefly to Mrs. H. Dashwood, of Caistor St. Edmund, with which, the church having been desecrated, the parish has long been consolidated in ecclesiastical matters.

PRIVATE RESIDENT.

Gillett, Mrs.

COMMERCIAL.

Gillett, Thomas, farmer

MULBARTON, in Humbleyard hundred, and Henstead union, 5 miles from Norwich, contains 587 inhabitants, and 1350 acres of land. The living is a rectory, with that of Kenningham annexed, joint annual value £606, in the gift of the Rev. J. H. Steward, and the Rev. Richard Gay Lucas, B.A., the incumbent. The Rev. J. H. Steward, M.A., and Sir William Bellairs, Knt., are the chief landowners; the former being lord of the manor. There is a school on the National system.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Bellairs, Capt. Edmund Hook Wilson, Mulbarton lodge

Lucas, Rev. Richard Gay, B.A., J.P., Rectory

Squires, Mr. Paul

COMMERCIAL.

Banham, Joshua, carpenter

Barrell, Mrs. Charlotte, shopkeeper

Barrell, William, miller

Blake, John, butcher

Blake, Robert, butcher and farmer

Blomfield, Dennis, miller

Catchpole, John, boot and shoe maker

Fiddymont, Samuel, farmer

Forster, Charles, farmer

Francis, George, plumber, painter and glazier

Girling, Robert, pork butcher

King, Randall, farmer

Lain, John, farmer

Mitchell, Mrs. Mary Ann, shopkeeper

Rice, James, blacksmith

Petchell, Mark Bean, boys’ school, and registrar of births and deaths

Rice, John, baker

Rice, R., beer retailer and wheelwright

Spratt, Andrew, parish clerk

Todd, Miss Harriett, shopkeeper and postmistress

Todd, William, World’s End inn, and collector of taxes

Turner, James, landowner, farming his own land

Turner, John, farmer

Youngman, Miss Fanny, schoolmistress

NEWTON ST. FAITH—see Horsham St. Faith.

PLUMSTEAD (GREAT), a small parish in Blofield hundred, distant from Norwich 5 miles. The population, in 1851, was 359. The living is a perpetual curacy, annual value £100, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich; the incumbent is the Rev. Edward Cole, M.A.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Campbell, Alexander, F., Esq.

Cole, Rev. Edward, M.A.

COMMERCIAL.

Barker, Peter, farmer

Browne, Robert, farmer

Crow, Frederick, carpenter

Forster, Francis, farmer

George, William, wheelwright

Goose, William, farmer

Gosling, John, farmer

Lond, John, shoemaker

Maidstone, R., parish clerk, and postmaster

Newman, Robert, farmer

Pyle, Henry, Hare inn

Scott, Jonathan, farmer

Simmons, Francis, shoemaker

Sutton, Francis, blacksmith

Tills, John, farmer

PLUMSTEAD (LITTLE), in Blofield hundred, distant 5 miles from Norwich, contains about 300 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, and the Rev. John Leatherdale is the incumbent.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Gaze, Mr. Charles

Leatherdale, Rev. John

Moss, Charles

COMMERCIAL.

Boast, Moses, farmer

Boughton, John, farmer

Bunn, Samuel, Bookmakers’ Arms

Chamberlain, Charles, shoemaker

Crow, Robert, farmer

Dye, George, farmer

Harmer, William, carpenter

Nicholls, Fitt, carpenter and wheelwright

Read, Clare Sewell, farmer

Stevens, William John, farmer

POSTWICK, a small village in Blofield hundred, 2 miles from Brundall station, and 4 from Norwich, contains 271 inhabitants. The Earl of Rosebery is lord of the manor and patron of the benefice. The living is a rectory, held by the Rev. Charles Ford, M.A., who resides here. The whole parish belongs to the Earl of Rosebery, except the detached marshes.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Ford, Rev. Charles, M.A., Rectory

Gostling, Mrs. Ann

COMMERCIAL.

Attoe, G., wheelwright and postmaster

Attoe, Miss Mary, mistress of National school

Edwards, James, shopkeeper

Gillett, Cyrus, farmer, Hall

Goose, William Norman, farmer

Hood, Peter, blacksmith

Parker, James, farmer

Parker, John William, farmer

Pummell, James, parish clerk

Seeley, John, farmer

RACKHEATH, in the Taverham hundred, 4½ miles from Norwich, has a population of nearly 200 inhabitants, and 2000 acres of land. Sir H. J. Stracey, Bart., who resides at the Hall, is lord of the manor and patron of the living. There is a village school supported by Sir H. J. Stracey.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Hodgson, Rev. Frederick, M.A., rectory

Stracey, Sir Henry, Bart., the Hall

COMMERCIAL.

Barnes, George, farmer

Clarke, John, Green Man

Forder, Joseph, blacksmith

Gillingwater, Edward, farmer

Kemp, William, farmer

Jones, Mrs. Catherine, mistress of free school

Utting, Henry, farmer

Watts, Robert, farmer

SHOTTESHAM ALL SAINTS, or High Shottesham, a village 2 miles from Swainsthorpe station, and 6 from Norwich, is in Henstead hundred and union. The area of the parish is 1591 acres, nearly all of which belong to Robert Fellowes, Esq., the lord of the manor and patron of the vicarage, to which those of Shottesham St. Mary, St. Botolph, and the rectory of St. Martin, are annexed. The Rev. Charles Fellowes, M.A., is the present incumbent. The two parishes have the privilege of sending eight poor people to the East Greenwich Hospital. There is a school in the parish, supported by R. Fellowes, Esq., and the Rev. C. Fellowes.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Fellowes, Rev. Charles, M.A., vicar, Vicarage

Merry, Francis William, Esq.

COMMERCIAL.

Barnes, William, pork butcher

Baxter, Robert, market gardener

Baxter, Thomas, farmer

Boyce, Francis, maltster and farmer

Burgess, Thomas, farmer

Burgess, Thomas, jun., farmer

Cutts, William, Duke’s Head inn, and blacksmith

Cutts, William and Co., artificial manure manufacturers

Godfrey, Thomas, farmer

Gooch, James, shopkeeper, agent for British Economical manure, and postmaster

Harvey, Mrs. Maria, shopkeeper

Herne, Miss Mercy, shopkeeper

Huggins, Thomas, farmer

Huggins, William, farmer

King, G., Crown, and market gardener

Martins, Charles, shoemaker and carrier

Merry, Francis William, surgeon

Mitchell, John, shopkeeper

Nicholls, Mrs. Anderlinda, milliner and dressmaker

Parfitt, Robert, butcher; and at Brooke

Purday, H., tailor and woollen draper

Riches, G., shoemaker and parish clerk

Riches, Jeremiah, beer retailer and market gardener

Sayer, James, rat destroyer

Tyrell, Abraham, butcher

White, T., carpenter and wheelwright

White, Mrs. M. A., parish schoolmistress

Whiting, Samuel, shoemaker

Wilson, Philip, shopkeeper

Winter, John, farmer, and poor’s rate collector

SHOTTESHAM ST. MARY, or Low Shottesham, comprises the parishes of St. Mary, St. Martin, and St. Botolph, and is situated 5 miles from Norwich, in Henstead hundred and union. The parish contained, in 1851, a population of 352. The church of St. Mary is a small edifice, in good condition; but St. Martin’s and St. Botolph’s have been in ruins for several centuries. Their benefices, with the rectory of St. Martin, were consolidated with Shottesham All Saints soon after the Reformation. Charles Fellowes, M.A., is the incumbent. Shottesham Park is the seat of Robert Fellowes, Esq., who is lord of the manor. A small school was established in 1852, by Mrs. Fellowes, the average attendance at which is 52.

PRIVATE RESIDENT.

Fellowes, Robert, Esq., Shottesham park

COMMERCIAL.

Boyce, F., plumber, painter and glazier

Brighton, Henry, machine thrasher

Grice, Saul, farmer

Lee, Walter, farmer

Martin, J., shoemaker and shopkeeper

Miles, John Wakelin, corn miller, merchant, and farmer

Raven, William Beverley, farmer

Sayer, Mrs. Mary, farmer

Smart, — land agent

Warmoll, John, farmer

Welley, Mrs. Mary, mistress of parish school

SPIXWORTH, in Taverham hundred, 4 miles north of Norwich, contains about 2000 acres of land, and in 1851, the population was 41. The church of St. Peter, a neat building, with chancel, one aisle, and small tower, contains a large handsome monument to the memory of the Pecks, and several to the Longes and others. The living is a rectory, annual value £362, with residence, in the gift of John Longe, Esq., and held by the Rev. Henry Howes, M.A.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Howes, Rev. Henry, M.A., Parsonage

Longe, John, Esq., The Hall

COMMERCIAL.

Eaton, George, farmer

Graver, William, blacksmith

Holmes, Benjamin, farmer

Porter, Mrs. Jane, farmer, The Grange

SPROWSTON is an extensive village in the Taverham hundred, 3 miles from Norwich, with a population of upwards of 1300. The living is a curacy, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich, and the present incumbent is the Rev. H. Banfather.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Aldridge, John

Anderson, William

Banfather, Rev. Henry, B.D.

Chambers, John William, Esq.

Cobb, Mrs.

Gale, Mr. William

Harman, Leonard

Hastings, Edmund, Esq.

Kitton, John, Esq.

Loose, Charles, Esq.

Massingham, Henry Alpe, Esq.

Pratt, William, Esq.

Riches, Robert, Esq.

Rushmare, William, Esq.

Slade, Daniel Davis, Esq.

Stewart, Isaac, Esq.

Stracey, Edward, The Lodge

COMMERCIAL.

Andrews, F., blacksmith, wheelwright, carpenter, and postmaster

Atkinson, Robert, farmer

Austin, Edward, wind saw mills

Bacon, C., brickmaker, steam sawing mills, and farmer

Bacon, Thomas, market gardener

Barker, John, market gardener

Barnes, George, farmer

Blake, Benjamin, butcher

Blake, George, brickmaker

Bond, Henry, miller

Browne, David, seedsman and florist

Burrows, John, baker and grocer

Burrows, P., Norfolk and Norwich Arms

Burrows, Thomas, yeoman, The Ship

Catton, Richard, market gardener

Chambers, John William, farmer

Chilvers, John, blacksmith

Crumpton, William, farmer

Cutler, John, market gardener

Durrant, William, relieving officer, and registrar of births and deaths

Easton, Isaac, baker

Edwards, William, lime burner

Edwards, T., lime burner and postmaster

Edwards, Thomas P., agent to the British Life Insurance Society

Everett, John, steward to Col. Stracey

Fitt, John, market gardener

Fox, John, carpenter

Gale, Mrs. Miriam, midwife

George, George, butcher

Gilbert, James, plumber and glazier

Goodson, Henry, hurdle maker

Harrison, Edmund, farmer

Hudson, Charles, beer retailer

Jarmy, Thomas, brickmaker

Lloyd, Mrs. Hannah, farmer

Ludkins, David, farmer

Ludkins, Richard, farmer

Olyott, Thomas, Blue Boar and farrier

Pearce, Miss Ann, straw bonnet maker

Peart, William, tailor

Perowne, Miss Mary Ann, farmer, Denmark farm

Poll, David, brickmaker

Read, John, steward to Mr. Kitton

Robertson, George, flour miller

Rolfe, Matthew, shoemaker

Sidney, Mrs. Emily, shopkeeper

Sursham, Miss Susan, shopkeeper

Tooley, Jeremiah, cow keeper

Walker, Thomas, baker

Wiley, Jeremiah Cozens, farmer, Oak lodge

Yallop, William, farmer

ST. FAITH’S—see Horsham St. Faith.

STOKE HOLY CROSS, 2 miles from Swainsthorpe station and 5 from Norwich, in Henstead hundred and union, contained, in 1851, 451 inhabitants. The land belongs chiefly to Sir R. J. Harvey, Knt., H. Birkbeck, and R. K. Long, Esqrs. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich, now held by the Rev. John Bailey, A.M. There is a small Baptist chapel, built by Messrs. Colman; and a weekday and Sunday school, supported by Mrs. Birkbeck and the Vicar.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Bailey, Rev. John, M.A., vicar, surrogate and chaplain to Henstead union

Birkbeck, Henry, Esq., The Hall

Cremer, Mr. Charles

Miles, The Misses

COMMERCIAL.

Barnes, Fiddy, parish clerk

Bush, Mrs. Mary Ann, lime burner

Castleton, Elijah, farmer

Claxton, William, farmer

Colman, Henry, manager at Messrs. J. and J. Colman’s mustard and starch manufactory

Dix, Joshua, farmer

Drake, John, farmer

Dunt, Robert, blacksmith

Gunn, Daniel, farmer

Hazell, William, Rummer inn

Hearne, Matthew, farmer

Horne, W., shopkeeper, and postmaster

Lincoln, Robert, bricklayer

Lincoln, Robert, jun., bricklayer

Pearce, Joshua, The Lion

Seago, Jeremiah, farmer

Tillett, John, farmer

Webster, David, farmer

Westrup, Philip, farmer

SWARDESTON, in Humbleyard hundred and Henstead union, near the Swainsthorpe station, and 4 miles from Norwich, contains 950 acres of land, and, in 1851, a population of 381. The living is a vicarage; the Rev. John Henry Steward, M.A., of East Carleton, is patron and incumbent, and the Rev. Henry Steward, B.A., curate. There is a chapel for the Wesleyans; and a village school for boys and girls, under the superintendence of the clergy. The Rev. J. H. Steward, M.A., and Robert Palmer Kemp, Esq., of Coltishall, are the chief landowners.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Featherston, Thomas, Esq., Rectory

Steward, Rev. Henry, B.A., curate

Wenn, Rev. James William, M.A., curate of Dunston, Mangreen hall

COMMERCIAL.

Arundell, Samuel, cooper

Barrett, Mrs. Elizabeth, shopkeeper

Barrett, William, thatcher

Bayley, Edward, farmer

Bond, Robert, farmer

Brown, James Smith, shopkeeper

Brown, Robert, bricklayer

Cannell, Henry, market gardener

Cunningham, William, butcher

Davy, Barnard, blacksmith

Dye, John, parish clerk and vermin destroyer

Fairman, Samuel, bricklayer

Hall, James, jun., farmer, the Common

Hall, James, sen., wheelwright

Hemnell, Paul, postmaster, and boot and shoe maker

Hubbard, John, farmer

King, Robert, butcher and farmer

Parr, Ezra, relieving officer

Raven, Benjamin, farmer, Mangreen

Smith, Isaac, market gardener

Thrower, Mrs. Mary, schoolmistress

Turner, Edward, Dog inn

Twiss, Christopher, farmer, the Hall

Whittaker, Charles, market gardener

THORPE, next Norwich, or Thorpe St. Andrew, is 2 miles from Norwich, in Blofield hundred, and has about 1000 inhabitants. The Norfolk County Lunatic Asylum is situated here. The living is a rectory, in the gift of the Rev. Armine Herring, who is the incumbent. There is an Independent chapel in connection with the Rev. J. Alexander’s, Norwich.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Allen, Joseph Howes, Esq.

Bacon, Miss

Batley, Mrs. Susan

Birkbeck, William, Esq.

Blackiston, Mrs.

Bolingbroke, Frederick A., Esq.

Brightwen, John, Esq.

Browne, David

Clabburn, Thomas, Esq.

Clabburn, William, Esq.

Clarke, Mrs.

Clayton, Miss

Clear, James, Esq.

Davey, Joseph, Esq.

Foster, Charles, Esq.

Frost, Rev. William, M.A.

Gurney, Charles, Esq.

Gurney, Francis Hay, Esq.

Herring, Rev. Armine, M.A.

Jecks, Charles, Esq.

Jecks, William, Esq.

Johnson, The Misses

Kendle, The Misses

King, Capt. Robert

Postle, The Misses

Rowling, Nathan S., Esq.

Savage, Mr. John

Upcroft, Mrs.

Wells, Robert, Esq.

Weston, Charles, Esq.

COMMERCIAL.

Albin, Daniel, farmer

Albin, Samuel, farmer

Bracey, Frederick, boot and shoe maker

Bracey, Robert, baker, grocer, butcher, and lime burner

Bright, John, Red Lion, and farmer

Bright, Zachariah, Hero of the Redan

Burton, T., grocer and corn chandler

Casson, Edward, surgeon at the Asylum

Cattermole, Mrs., Three Tuns tavern

Dabson, Miss J., mistress of Free school

Dale, James, market gardener

Dowland, John, King’s Head tavern

Drew, John, bowl turner

Fearnley, Joseph, grocer

Firman, Robert, carpenter

Gaff, Robert, master of Free school

Hardy, John, bricklayer

Lacey, John, commercial traveller

Martin, William, blacksmith

Owen, Ebenezer, superintendent of County Lunatic Asylum

Owen, Mrs. E., matron of County Lunatic Asylum

Rayner, John, gardener

Rodwell, E., lodging-house keeper

Rose, Miss Ann, grocer

Sabberton, Thomas, engineer, general smith, and coal merchant

Shardelow, Benjamin, plumber, glazier, and painter

Smith, John, The Buck

Southgate, Henry, The Griffin

Starling, Samuel, farmer

Todd, Daniel, sub-postmaster

Weeds, F., parish clerk and shoemaker

Whitaker, S., farmer and brick maker

White, William, gardener

TROWSE NEWTON, one mile from Norwich, contained in 1851, a population of 639; but the entire parish, which extends into the county of the city of Norwich, had as many as 1363 inhabitants. The principal owners of the land are the Rev. F. Money, the Great Hospital, and the Dean and Chapter of Norwich; the last of whom are lords of the manor, impropriators of the great tithes, and patrons of the vicarage. The Rev. George Carter, M.A., of Norwich, is the incumbent.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Money, Rev. Frederick, Crown Point

Sparks, Alfred, the Lodge

COMMERCIAL.

Aldis, Jonathan, shoemaker

Alborough, Thomas, farmer

Betts, Samuel, butcher

Browne, Thomas, Trowse Eye inn

Bullard, Maria, shopkeeper

Cannel, James, market gardener

Daniels, Robert, blacksmith

Denny, Thomas, butcher

Digby, Robert, the White House inn

Finch, John, wheelwright

Fox, Henry, the Lime Kiln inn

Gowing, George, farmer

Grief, James, the White Horse inn

Grief, Jonathan, butcher

Harris, Robert, market gardener

Howlett, Robert, bricklayer

Jacobs, William, butcher

Middleton, Alfred, carpenter

Murrell, George, Crown Point tavern

Newman, George, manure manufacturer

Plant, James, farmer

Proudfoot, E. and Ann, shopkeepers

Read, T. W. and Co., merchants and millers

Spence, Jonathan, carpenter

Stageman, Susanna, National school

Thurlow, John, shopkeeper

Tomkins, Emma Jane, British school

Turner, John, farmer

Varvel, James, lime burner

Youngs, William, Carpenters’ Arms inn

WHITLINGHAM is a small parish, 3 miles from Norwich. The land, 535 acres, belongs to Charles Lombe, Esq., lord of the manor, impropriator of the tithes, and patron of the sinecure curacy. Whitlingham White House, which is situate in Trowse Newton, is a favorite resort of pleasure parties.

Taylor, Samuel, farmer

Ward, William, farm bailiff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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