Part 16

Alborn, Samuel, farmer Bacon, Miss Mary Ann Bailey, George, King’s Head Barker, Henry John Batley, Mrs. Susannah Bolingbroke, Frederic, Esq. Bracey, Frederick, boot and shoe maker Bracey, Robert, shopkeeper Bright, John, Red Lion Brightwen, John, Esq. Brinded, Robert, bricklayer Bulley, William, shopkeeper Burton, Thomas, flour merchant Clabburn, William, Esq., shawl manufacturer Cattermole, Mary, Three Tuns’ inn Clayton, Miss Margaret Elizabeth Dale, Robert, timber merchant Davey, Joseph, manufacturer Emms, Thomas, gardener Etheridge, Philip, Esq. Farman, William, carpenter and joiner Frost, Rev. William, Thorpe Lodge Gurney, Charles, Esq., banker Gurney, Hay, Esq., banker Harvey, Sir Robert, Bart., Household House Hastings, Elwin Herring, Rev. Armine, rectory Hopcroft, Mr. Thomas Jay, George, fish merchant Jecks, Charles, Esq., grove Jecks, William, merchant King, Robert, Esq. Lincoln, Edmund, carpenter Lincoln, Francis, shopkeeper Martin, William, whitesmith Morgan, Henry, brewer Palmer, Nathaniel, Esq., barrister Palmer, Thomas Fletcher, solicitor Patteson, Henry, brewer Postle, Misses Rose, Ann, shopkeeper Rowling, Nathan S., Esq. Sabberton, Thomas, smith in general Shardelow, Benjamin, plumber and glazier Smith, Joseph, the Buck Southgate, Henry, the Griffin Spooner, John, boot and shoe maker Starling, Samuel, farmer Tinker, Harris, boot and shoe maker Todd, Daniel, post-office Upcroft, Mrs. Sarah Wells, Robert Esq. Western, Charles, brewer White, William, gardener Willett, Henry, Esq., manufacturer Wines, Miss, milliner Wright, Robert, land agent

TROWSE NEWTON.

A village, situated 1 mile S.E. from Norwich, on the river Yare. Its population is 639; but, including the whole parish, which extends into Norwich, is 1,363. The church is a neat edifice, with tower and one bell. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. Rev. George Carter, M.A. is the incumbent.

Alborough, Thomas, farmer Bullard, Mrs. Maria, grocer Cannell, Edward, coal merchant Carter, Rev. George, vicar Coleman, S., Trowse Eye Daniels, Robert, blacksmith Denny, Thomas, butcher Digby, Robert, White House Ellis, Joseph, farmer Fox, Henry, Lime Kilns Finch, John, wheelwright Goose, Robert, lime burner Gowing, George, wheelwright Gowing, L. George, farmer Gowen, John, gardener Grief, James, White Horse Grief, Jonathan, butcher Grief, William, clerk to the church Harris, Robert, gardener Huson, William, boot and shoe-maker Jecks, Mr. Isaac Lingwood, John, shoemaker Middleton, Mrs., milliner and dressmaker Money, Archibald F., the Crown Point Murrell, George, Crown Point tavern Plant, James, farmer Proudfoot, Misses E. and A., grocers Smith, John, gardener Spruce, John, dealer Stageman, Miss, National School Thetford, William, gardener and pork butcher Thurlow, John, baker and grocer Tompkins, Miss, Trowse British School Turner, John, farmer, hall Youngs, William, Carpenters’ Arms

WITTON.

A very small agricultural village and parish in Blofield hundred, with 587 acres of rich land, situated 2 miles from Brundall station, and 5 miles E. of Norwich. Principal owners, John Penrice, Esq., and Rev. C. Penrice. The church (St. Margaret) is a plain building, and contains nothing worthy of remark. The rectory, of small value, consolidated with Little Plumstead and Brundall, is enjoyed by the patron, the Rev. Charles Penrice, who resides at Little Plumstead. Two farm houses and one mill, with a few cottages, form the village; and the population, in 1851, was 120.

Chenery, Robert, blacksmith Culley, George B., farmer Culley, George Scott, farmer and maltster Penrice, Mrs., Witton House Palmer, Frederic, farmer Ward, Joseph, farmer and corn miller

WRAMPLINGHAM.

A village and parish in Forehoe hundred, 4 miles north from Wymondham station, containing 245 inhabitants, and 830 acres of land. The church of St. Peter and Paul is a small ancient edifice, with a round tower and octagonal top. The rectory is in the gift of Robert Marsham, Esq.; and the Rev. Thomas Gordon Marsham, M.A., is the incumbent. There is a school for the education of the children of this parish, supported partly by the rector.

Brighty, Jacob L., victualler, King’s Head, and smith Cann, Rev. John S. Cullyer, William, farmer Farrer, Mrs. Sophia Fisher, George, carpenter Fisher, Thomas, farmer Hubbard, John, farmer Marsham, Rev. Thomas, rector Ringer, William, farmer Sayer, Shadrach and David, millers Walker, Robert, farmer

* * * * *

WYMONDHAM.

Wymondham is a pleasantly situated market town and parish in the Forehoe hundred, 115½ miles from London, and 10½ miles S.W. from Norwich. The town stands on an elevated position, and is of some antiquity. The market is held on Friday, but from its vicinity to Norwich, is not well attended. There are three annual Fairs, February 14th, May 17th, and September 29th; the two former for cattle, and the latter a pleasure fair.

The old market cross, situated in the centre of the town, is an object of curiosity on account of its antique appearance, and its carved devices, representing different articles of turnery, which originally formed one of the staple branches of the trade of this place, but now nearly extinct; the manufacture of bombazines, crapes, &c., is carried on to a considerable extent for Norwich houses. There are a brewery and corn mills. There are several respectable mansions and family residences in the town and neighbourhood. Gas works are erected on Fairland, and the town is well lighted. A Free Grammar School for the education of tradesmen’s sons was established and endowed by Henry VI., and various sums have been subsequently left by benevolent parties, which have enabled the trustees to carry out fully the intentions of the founder, by appointing a gentleman in holy orders as master of this important establishment. St. Thomas à Becket’s chapel, a commodious building, has been repaired, and is now used for the school-room.

There are several charities, bequeathed by sundry persons, for the benefit of the poor, which funds are distributed annually, in money, coals, &c., and for the repairs of the church, also for increasing the stipend of the vicar.

The Bridewell, or House of Correction, is situated at the entrance of the town from Norwich, and is devoted to the reception of female prisoners only, who are sentenced to hard labour, where they serve their periods of imprisonment in washing, sewing, &c., for the prisoners confined in Norwich gaol. This well-conducted establishment is under the matronship of Mrs. Greenfield.

The Norwich and Brandon railway passes close to the town, and here is the junction with the Dereham branch line; a neat station is erected, as well as warehouses for the reception of goods, &c.

The population was returned, in 1851, at 5,175 inhabitants, of whom about 3,300 are in the town. The number of acres is 10,600. The church, which is a large noble edifice, had formerly a monastery attached, but it was destroyed many years back; a portion of the ruins still remain. The octagon tower at the east end of the church is in good preservation. At the west end, a spacious and lofty square tower was built by the inhabitants many years since, (and contains five bells,) which gives an imposing effect to the whole structure; the interior is neat, with a carved roof, supported by full-length figures of angels, and, and with the valuable organ, underwent repair in 1845. There are several monuments and tablets to the families of Clifton, Burroughes, Jermy, &c. The living is a vicarage in the patronage of the Bishop of Ely, who is appropriator of the great tithes.

The Quakers, Independents, Methodists, Wesleyans, Baptists, and Plymouth Brethren, have each a chapel here.

POST-OFFICE—James Fison, postmaster. Money Orders are granted at this office.

CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.

Abbott, Mrs. Charlotte, Fairland street Anderson, Rev. J., Independent Minister Cooper, Mr. James, Bridewell street Culyer, Mrs., Town green Daniel, Rev. William, Town green Eden, Rev. Robert, vicar, Vicar street Grisdale, Rev. Joseph, B.A., master of the Grammar school, Town green Jones, Rev. David, chaplain to the Bridewell Jones, Mrs. Sophia Ann, Hill House Knapman, Capt. John, R.N. Lloyd, Mrs., Fairland street Poll, Mr. John, Town green Rayner, Mr. William Edward, Town close Skoulding, Charles, M.D., Market place Sparkhall, Mrs. Elizabeth, Bridewell street Stone, Mrs. Mary, Town green Wiffen, Mrs. Ann, Bridewell street

TRADES, PROFESSIONS, ETC.

Adams, Samuel, retailer in beer, Town green Atkins, Obadiah, schoolmaster, Bridewell street Bale, Charlotte, milliner, Market place Bale, William, butcher, Town green Barnard, John, boot and shoe maker, Market place Barnard, Matthew, saddle and harness maker, Fairland street Betts, Sarah, shopkeeper, Town green Bircham, John, the Dove, Town green Bowgen, Philip, plumber and glazier, Damgate street Brabetor, Honour, butcher, Damgate str. Brewster, Sarah, Black Horse, Suton str. Browne, Eliza, Queen’s Head, Bridewell street Browne, William, Sun inn, Damgate str. Bunn, John, cooper, Damgate street Bunn, John, bootmaker, Market place Bunn, William, baker, Fairland street Camp, William and Son, carpenters, Bridewell street Cann and Clarke, brewers and maltsters, wine and spirit merchants, Market place Cann John, Stephenson, attorney and solicitor Cann, John, miller, agent to the Norwich Union Life and Fire offices, and General Hail storm office; h Town green Cann, S. J. Stephenson, solicitor, clerk to Magistrates, Commissioner of Taxes, and the Forehoe Board of Guardians, Superintendent Registrar, Secretary to the Gas Company, Branch Bank of Messrs. Harvey and Hudson, Market place Cann, Samuel, wheelwright and retailer in beer, Town green Cann, William, butcher, Market place Chambers, John, licensed dealer in spirits, Market place Chapman, James, King’s Head hotel, Market place Clarke, Cordal, solicitor’s clerk, Vicar street Clarke, Ellen, milliner and dressmaker, Market place Clarke, Ethelbert, carpenter, Market place Clarke, Edward Palmer, solicitor, Vicar street Clarke, William B., builder, Market street Colman, James, builder, Fairland street Colman, Thomas Edward Tawell, surgeon, Vicar street Colman, William, plumber and glazier, Bridewell street Cooper, Charles, painter and glazier, Damgate street Cooper, Jane, boarding and day school, Bridewell street Cooper, John, hairdresser, Fairland street Cowell, Henry, bootmaker, Market street Cowell, John, shoeing smith, Fairland street Cowell, William, whitesmith, Suton street Crannas, William, Duke’s Head, Damgate street Crosby, William, White Swan, Vicar street Cross, John, Two Brewers, Damgate street Cross, John B., Cock inn and butcher, Town green Cross, Mary, Duck and Dog, Market street Dannoch, William, whitesmith, Church street Davey, John, tailor and draper, Market street Davey, Maria, butcher, Market street Dawdry, Charles, corn and seed merchant, Town green Denny, John, Leather Bottle, Town green Dover, Elizabeth, green-grocer, Church street Dunham, William, White Hart, Market st. Fison, James, chemist and druggist, and post-master, Market street Fitt, Lee Felix, saddle and harness maker, Market street Flaskett, William, Permanent Way Inspector for the Eastern Counties’ Railway Company; h near Wymondham station Forster, Robert, printer, bookbinder, and parish clerk, Market street; h Church street Foulsham, Richard, the Griffin, Market street Foulsham, Samuel, leather cutter, Town green Fox, Benjamin, boot and shoe maker, Town green Foyster, David, broker, Chapel street Fulcher, John, whitesmith, Fairland street Glasspoole, William, auctioneer and estate agent Goodings, Robert, green-grocer, Damgate street Greenfield, Mrs. E., superintendent of the Wymondham bridewell Hall, Robert, farmer, Bridewell street Harvey and Hudson, bankers, Market pl. Harvey, Jesse, cooper, Town green Harvey, Thomas, earthenware dealer, Damgate street Harvey, William, builder, Damgate street High, Charlotte, shopkeeper, Church street High, Sophia, Coach and Horses, Vicar street Howes, James, the Goat, Churchgate str. Howes, John, fishmonger, Town green Hubbard, John, White Horse, Suton street Hubbard, John, butcher, Damgate street Hubbard, Mary, Wool Pack, Fairland str. Hubbard, Sarah, Three Feathers, Town green Hubbard, Thomas, veterinary surgeon, Fairland street Jackson, Maria, milliner, Market place Jermy, William, farmer, Linfield Kemp, John, blacksmith, Bridewell street Kemp, Richard, smith in general, Town green Kerrison, Elizabeth, bootmaker, Market street Kerry, John, relieving officer, Market place King, Henry, miller, Church street Lemon, Samuel, boot and shoe maker, Damgate street Mason, Henry, Excise officer, Town green Morley, John, boot and shoe maker, Fairland street Morris, Moore, linen draper, Market street Moys, Thomas, veterinary surgeon, Town green Parker, Mrs. James, fancy repository, Market street Parker and Son, linen drapers and grocers, Market street Parsel, Benjamin, boot and shoe maker, Town green Parsley, Henry, tailor, Fairland street Peacock, James, bootmaker, Town green Perfitt, Ephraim Joseph, watch and clock maker, Market street Perfitt, John, boot and shoe maker, Fairland street Plowman, John S., George and the Dragon, and butcher, Market place Plunkett, William, shopkeeper, Town green Poll, Emily, shopkeeper, Town green Poll, James, carpenter and joiner, Damgate street Poll, William Cooper, carpenter, Town green Proctor, Martha Ann, milliner, Damgate street Reeve, Thomas Marshall, ironmonger, Market place Rix, Thomas Colman, builder, Market street Robins, Edward James, stone mason, Suton street Robins, Mary Ann, shopkeeper, Damgate street Rudling, William, watch and clock maker, Church street Scarles, Charles, accountant, Town green Secker, Robert, basket-maker, Bridewell street Secker, William, basket-maker, Bridewell street Seely, Joseph Henry, haircutter, Damgate street Self, Edward, confectioner, Market street Self, Henry H., confectioner, Town green Self, Robert, confectioner, Fairland street Skipper, James, hairdresser, Market street Skoulding, William, chemist and druggist, Market place Smith, John, grocer, Damgate street Smith, John, broker, Damgate street Smith, Washington William, bookseller, stationer, &c., agent for Norwich newspapers, Atlas Insurance office, Market place Sparkhall, James and Edward, butchers and farmers, Town green Spinks, Thomas, grocer, Damgate street Standley, George, Green Dragon, Church street Standley, John, auctioneer and appraiser, Market street Stanley, John, farmer, Church street Stanley, William, tailor and draper, Church street Stebbings, Edward, Crown, Market street Stimpson, James, ginger beer manufacturer, Town green Taylor and Son, merchants, Damgate str. Taylor, William H., agent to the Sun Fire office, and Life Association of Scotland, Town green Tipple, Sarah, grocer and draper, Vicar street Traxon, Esau, glover, Market street Traxon, Israel, grocer and draper, Town green Trixon, Frederic, baker, Town green Tunaley, Robert James, surgeon, Market street Turner, David, linen draper, Market place Ward, Thomas Samuel, station master, Wymondham station Watson, Henry, leather cutter, Bridewell street Watson, Samuel, railway hotel, Wymondham station Weed, Benjamin, pipemaker, Town green Wells, John, shopkeeper, Town green Welton, Robert, corn dealer, Churchgate street White, Jesse, commission agent and accountant; bookseller, stationer; china, glass, and fancy goods warehouse, Market place Woodbine, John, builder, Town green Woods, Henry, draper, Fairland street Wright, Robert, saddler and harness-maker, Suton street Wright, Robert, saddle and harness maker, Market place

ATTLEBOROUGH

Attleborough, a small market town and railway station, 15 miles from Norwich, 5½ from Wymondham, and 14¾ from Thetford. The population in 1851 was 2,324, and about 5,251 acres of land. One long street includes most of the houses. The market is on Thursday, and the fairs are held on the Thursday Easter and Whit-Sunday, and August 15th for cattle; also a pleasure fair the day before March assizes. The Norwich and Brandon railway passes close to the town, where a handsome station has been erected, distant from London 110 miles.

The church, which is a noble edifice, with spacious tower containing six bells, is much admired for its antiquity. The living is a rectory, in the gift of Sir Wm. B. Smijth, Bart.; the present incumbent is the Rev. A. J. E. B. Smijth, M.A., and the curate the Rev. S. A. Cooke, M.A. Sir W. B. Smijth, Bart., is lord of the manor.

Here are chapels for the Wesleyans, Baptists, &c.; also a National School, well supported and attended.

POST-OFFICE—George Parson, postmaster. Money Orders granted and paid at this office.

CLERGY, GENTRY. &c.

Beevor, Thomas, Esq., Market hill Cooke, Rev. Stephen Atkinson, curate Doughty, Mr. Samuel, Mares’ street King, Mrs. Sarah, London road Lemmon, Rev. James, Wesleyan Minister, Rivett’s lane Marner, John, Esq., Market hill Salter, William, Esq., Norwich road Smijth, Rev. A. J. E., rector Warrel, Mrs. Sarah, London road

TRADES, PROFESSIONS, &c.

Allen, George, horse-breaker Anderson, Sarah Ann, milliner and dress-maker, Mill street Ayton, Charles, builder and appraiser, Church street Ayton, Robert, carpenter and joiner, Market hill Bacon, James, accountant, Market street Barker, George, tailor, Market hill Barker, Sarah, White Hart, Market hill Barnard, Robert, baker and tea dealer Barnard, William, painter, plumber, and glazier, Mares’ street Barnard, William, tailor, London road Bateman, William, tailor and draper, Rivett’s lane Beale, James, printer, Norwich road Bowden, William, builder, Back lane Brown, Rev. William Shrieve, minister to the Baptist Chapel, Rivett’s lane Buckenham, William, miller, Mares’ str. Byles, John, grocer and draper Caffay, Richard, shopkeeper Cage, James, basket-maker and cooper, London road Caley, Samuel W., the Grapes, news agent, Mares’ street Calver, John, farmer, West carr Canham, John, the new Inn and Commercial house, near the Railway station Chatters, Henry, boot and shoe maker, London road Childerhouse, William, farmer and dealer, West carr Clarke, James, farmer, Borough common Clifford, Thomas, Fair View Cottage, London road Cockell, Charles, solicitor Cockell, Mrs. Jane, farmer, Church plain Colman, Mr., farmer, West carr Cook, John, White Horse inn, London road Cowles, William, farmer, West carr Crawford, John, station master Cushing, Stephen, Odd Fellows’ Arms, Mill street Dawes, William, watch and clock maker, Market hill Defew, William, saddle and harness maker, Church street Downs, James, farmer, West carr Downs, John, farmer, West carr Drake, Charles, coachmaker, the street Eaton, John, auctioneer and appraiser Ebbage, Robert, the Bear inn, blacksmith, and machine maker, Bear road Etheridge, Ann, boot and shoe maker Etheridge, Henry, boot maker, Mares’ street Fox, Mary, Mrs., green-grocer Francis, James, general shopkeeper and druggist, Market street Franklin, Frederic F. and George F., solicitors Franklin, Frederic F., clerk to the County Court office, and agent to the Phœnix Fire office and Palladium Life office Gates, Mr. James, Lay’s farm Gayford, William, licensed to let horses for hire, Market street Goldspink, Richard, butcher, Mill street Green, John, farmer, West carr Green, Mary Ann, the Crown, Church st. Hewitt, William, butcher and salesman, Market street Hazelwood, Robert, painter, plumber, and glazier, Ellingham road Hill, George, postman, London road Hipper, Charles, King’s Head, London road Howes, Charles, tailor, London road Howlett, George, ironmonger and brazier, Market street Hubbard, Henry, farmer, West carr Huggins, Mr., farmer Jessup, Mr., farmer, Borough common Kettringham, Robert, bricklayer and broker, Market hill Lane, Mrs., farmer Lawrance, Michael, farmer, Borough common Leighton, Charles, corn merchant and maltster, Rivett’s lane Leyton, John, butcher, Market street Lincoln, Miss Elizabeth, ladies’ boarding academy, Norwich road Littleproud, Alfred, grocer and draper Littleproud, William, baker Lovett, Robert, miller, the street Lovick, Sarah, the Angel inn, Market street Mann, Thomas, Norwich carrier, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, Market hill Merry, Robert, corn and coal merchant, Norwich road Miles, William, saddle and harness, Mill street Muskett, Alfred, grocer and draper, and manager to the bank, Market hill Myhill, John, farmer, Mares’ street Nicholls, John, clothier and harness maker, Mill street Orford, Robert, carpenter and joiner, London road Parke, William B., manager to the Goods department of the railway station Parson, George B., postmaster and printer, Market hill Pinnock, Jonathan, bricklayer, Mares’ st. Pinnock, William, boot and shoe maker, London road Potter, George, surgeon Potter, Joseph, farmer, Borough common Ponder, Thomas, tailor, Market hill Revel, William, Norwich Castle Robinson, Charles, brick and tile merchant, Norwich road Rose, James, grocer and draper, Market street Salter, George William, auctioneer and land agent, Market street; h Old Buckenham Salter, Thomas, architect and land Surveyor, Norwich road Sewell, Mary, the Griffin inn, Market street Shickle, John, inspector of weights and measures Simmons, John, miller, Rivett’s lane Simpson, William, auctioneer and farmer, Back lane Smith, James, boot and shoe maker, Mill street Spanton, Christopher, agent for the Norwich Union Fire office and Norwich Equitable Fire office Sparkall, John, farmer, Nobbs’ corner farm Sparrow, Jonathan, shopkeeper, Mill street Stebbings, Michael, farmer and dealer, Rivett’s lane Stebbings, William, cattle dealer, London road Tillett, John, tailor, London road Toop, Francis Hart, the Cock inn, Mares’ street Turner, John, blacksmith Upston, George, seedsman, London road Upston, William, dealer in Sheffield goods Vince, Benjamin, farmer Walsh, Gerald, coal merchant, Market hill Ward, John, farmer, Borough common Warren, John, watch and clock maker, Church street Warren, Charles Ling, farmer Webster, James, hair dresser, Market street Webster, William, boot and shoe maker, Market street Wells, Samuel, registrar of births, deaths, and marriages for the district, Market hill Wiles, Charles Barsham, surgeon, Market hill Wright, Daniel E., provision house and butcher, Church street Wright, John, wheelwright Wright, Mrs., straw bonnet maker and dyer, Back lane

HINGHAM

Hingham is a small near market town in Forehoe hundred, East Norfolk, about 116 miles from London, 14 W.S.W. from Norwich, 6 from Wymondham station W., and 6 N.W. from Attleborough station.

The church of St. Andrew is a fine, noble structure, with a handsome tower, containing 8 bells. The living is a rectory, in the gift of Lord Wodehouse. The parish consists of 3,525 acres, and the population in 1851 was 1,698. Here is a Free Grammar School, which was founded and handsomely endowed in 1727, by Thomas Parlet, Esq.; also a National School, which is wholly supported by the Hon. and Rev. W. Wodehouse, M.A. Here is also an Independent chapel.

POST-OFFICE—Miss Large, postmistress. This is also a Money-order office.

CLERGY, GENTRY, &c