THE NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES.
Reading edition
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