Part 18

Alderslade, Henry, clothier and general outfitter, opposite the Corn Hall Allshorn, Lavel Lawlor, station master Anderson, George, British schoolmaster, White Horse street Ansell, Robert, cabinet maker, auctioneer and appraiser, Norwich street Antingham, James, shopkeeper and bricklayer, Oak street Bacon, William Brett, grocer and tea dealer, Norwich street Baker, William, baker and farmer, Norwich street Baldwin, George Thomas, veterinary surgeon, Norwich street Bambridge, Martin, china and glass dealer, Post and Stamp-office, Post-office street Barley, Edmund Johnson, chemist and druggist, Market-place Barrett, Robert, cattle dealer, Rampant Horse street Barrett, William, butcher, Oak street Berrett, James, butcher and dealer, Wells road Bottomley, Charles, stone and marble mason, Norwich street Boulter, Robert, plumber, glazier, and painter, Market-place Brereton, John, licensed brewer, Hall staithe Brett, John, baker, Norwich road Burrell, Daniel, hair dresser and perfumer, Market-place Burrell, Daniel, furnishing ironmonger and clerk to the market, Market-place Burrell, George, hair dresser, Bridge street Burrell, Mary Ann, Berlin wool shop, Norwich street Bushell, Charles D., furnishing ironmonger, Market-place Bushell, John Dunham, wholesale and retail grocer and tea-dealer, Market-place Bushell, Samuel, saddler and harness maker, Broad street Campbell, Robert, farmer, Hay’s lane Carter, William, shopkeeper, Bridge street Cates, Robert, solicitor, the Grove Chapman, Charles, draper, White Horse street Clark, John, boot and shoe maker, Oak street Clarke and Son, tailors, Oak street Clipperton, Robert, saddler and harness maker, Market-place Coker, William, boot and shoe maker, Mill lane Cole, R. F., miller, Holt road Cole, Thomas, grocer and draper, Market-place Collett, Jonas, watch and clock maker, Market-place Cowles, Messrs. and Son, classical and commercial academy, Norwich street Cook, Mary Elizabeth, straw bonnet maker, White Horse street Cook, Edward, coach builder, Bridge street Cooper and Ward, linen drapers, Bridge street Cox, Robert, boot and shoe maker, Norwich street Crane, Robert, shopkeeper, Post-office street Crisp, William, brewer, Market-place Cummings, T. C., tailor, draper, and hatter, Norwich street Cushing, John, brazier, Post-office street Davey, Samuel, corn and seed merchant, Wells road Davy, John Mays, watch and clock maker, silversmith and jeweller, Market-place Dawson, William, watch and clock maker, Norwich street Diggins, Henry, the Oak inn, Post-office street Donaldson, John, manager to the East of England bank, Market square Drew, Alfred, surgeon, Norwich street Drewell, Robert, hair dresser, Bridge street Druery, John, tailor and outfitter, Market-place Dunham, William, boot and shoe maker, Oak street Ebberson, Robert M., grocer, Bridge street Eglington, John, draper, Norwich street Fidgett, William, currier and leather merchant, Broad street Fidgett, William, pianoforte warehouse, musical instruments and music seller, Broad street Flowers, Robert Hall, Railway tavern and farmer, Norwich road Flowers, Rouse, cooper, Norwich road Forster, Daniel, stone and marble mason, Bridge street Frost, Robert, shopkeeper, Oak street Fyson, Joseph, miller and maltster, Fakenham mills Gant, Richard, baker, Hay’s lane Gardiner, David, tailor and draper, Upper Market Garrod, John, iron foundry and engineer, Wells road Gates, John, boot and shoe maker, Bridge street Girling, Robert, builder, Hay’s lane Goggs, Arthur, plumber, glazier, and confectioner, Norwich street Goggs, Nathaniel D., grocer and draper, Corn Hall square Goggs, Thomas R., miller, Bridge street Goodman, Ann, dress-maker, Wells road Goulson, Robert, Bull inn, Bridge street Gray, Baker, baker, Oak street Green, Henry, solicitor, Bridge street Gricks, William, the Nelson, Hay’s lane Grimes, William, Corn Hall tavern, Oak street Gurneys, Birkbeck, and Co., bankers, Market-place Habberton, Mrs. Elizabeth, boot and shoe maker, Norwich street Hamond, Robert N., bank manager, Tuns street Harding, John, sub-contractor for the Eastern Counties railway company, Wells road Harper, William, shopkeeper, Wells road Harrison, Roger, Red Lion hotel, Market-place Hendry, William, boot and shoe maker, Oak street Herring, Robert, gardener and seedsman, Wells road Hill, Martha, school mistress, Infant National school, Wells road Hipkin, Mary Ann, straw bonnet maker, Post-office street Horne, Robert, boot and shoe maker, Bridge street Horsley, Charles and Son, coach builders, Bridge street Horsley, Elizabeth, the Bell, Norwich road Horsley, Mary, whitesmith in general, Tuns street Horsley, Richard, relieving officer and register, Tuns street Horsley, Robert, Black Horse, Quaker’s lane Horsley, Robert, gunsmith and bell-hanger, Quaker’s lane Howchin, Mary Ann, milliner and straw bonnet maker, White Horse street Howorth, Edward, corn and seed merchant, Hay’s lane Hubbard, Robert, linen draper, grocer, and tallow chandler, Norwich street Hunt, James, agent to Norwich Fire and Life Office, Bridge street Hyder, William S., plumber, glazier, and ornamental painter, Norwich street Johnson, Henry, plumber and glazier, Tuns street Kendall, Joshua, Cattle Market inn, Market-place Kent, Henry, solicitor, Market-place, h Balance hall, Norwich street Kent and Watson, solicitors, Market-place Langley, Benjamin, horse breaker, Wells road Langley, Vincent, builder, Oak street Leeder, Besome, furniture broker, Market-place Leverage, Maria, baker, Quaker street Lulman, Charles, surveyor, Bridge street Mace, Charles, draper, Market square Margetts, Job, coach builder, Wells road Mason, Matthew, green grocer, Norwich street Mason, Samuel, fishmonger and carrier, Norwich street Middleton, Francis B., actuary to the Savings bank, Post-office street Miles, T. A., bankers’ clerk, Norwich street Miller, Thomas John, printer, bookseller, binder, and stationer, Market-place Newby, William, draper and silk mercer, Market-place Nicholson, Samuel, chemist and druggist, opposite the Corn Hall Oakford, James, brazier, Holt road Page, William, attorney’s clerk, Tuns street Pawley, Robert, the Cow, Holt road Pawley, Susan, straw bonnet maker, Norwich street Plattin, Howard, chemist, druggist, and surgeon dentist, Market-place Readwin, Joseph, builder and surveyor, York street Readwin, Joseph, builder and surveyor, Quaker’s lane Readwin and Tuck, milliners and dress-makers, Wells road Richardson, Richard, boot and shoe maker, Norwich street Rivett, William, whitesmith and bell-hanger, Quaker’s street Rivett, William, cattle dealer, Rampant Horse street Rolf, James, basket maker, Oak street Rudge, Edward D., physician, Wells road Rudland, George, butcher, Bridge street Rudland, Henry, butcher, Market-place Rudling, Joseph, the Star, Oak street Sands, Isaac, Brewers Arms, Tuns street Sayer, John, butcher, Norwich road Sayer, Misses. R. and S., milliners, Corn Hall square Scarle, George, chemist and druggist, Market-place Sharpe, John, bankers’ clerk, Oak street Scurl, Benjamin, the Sun inn, Norwich street Sheringham, William, wine merchant, Market-place Sly, Samuel James, confectioner, Bridge street Sillett, Robert, wine, hop, seed, and wool merchant, Post-office street Skipper, John, postman, Mill lane Smith, Henry, miller, Bridge street Smith, John, earthenware dealer, Oak st. Smith, John, tailor, Holt road Smith, John W., carpenter, Market-place Southgate, William, coach builder, Post-office street Stewardson, G. N., printer, bookseller, binder, stationer, and fancy repository, Upper Market Stoke, Mrs., ladies’ day school, Mill lane Stoughton, James, Crown hotel, commercial inn, and posting house, Market-place Strangleman, George, horse dealer, White Horse street Strutt, Samuel, the Rampant Horse, Rampant Horse street Syder, George, farmer and seed merchant Oak street Syder, Soughton, coal merchant, Quakers’ street Trundall, Ann, milliner and dress maker, White Horse street Turner, John, builder, Rampant Horse street Tye, John, butcher and grocer, Norwich street Utting, George, tailor, Quakers’ street Utting, Samuel, boot and shoe maker, Market-place Vurley, Elizabeth, milliner and dress maker, Rampant Horse street Ward, William, tea-dealer, Wells road Waters, Benjamin, coach builder, Holt road Waters, Elizabeth, milliner and dress-maker, Holt road Waters, John, coach builder, Holt road Wilson, Thomas, policeman, Police station, White Horse street Winter, George, cabinet maker, Brewers’ Arms street Woodhouse, Henry, smith in general, Holt road Wright, Gregory, marine store dealer, Oak street Wright, John, clerk to the magistrates, do. taxes, do. board guardians, Wellingham union, superintendent registrar, secretary to Corn Exchange, agent to Sun Fire office, Bridge street Wright, Samuel, boot and shoe maker, White Horse street

AYLSHAM.

Aylsham. A market and union town, in South Erpingham hundred, East Norfolk, 125½ miles from London, and 12 N. of Norwich; contained, in 1851, 2,741 inhabitants, and 4,311 acres. The annual value of assessed property in 1846 was £9,191 2s. 6d. It stands on the river Bure, which is navigable to Yarmouth. The market is held on Tuesday. Fairs are held yearly on March 23rd and last Tuesday in September, and a hiring for servants on the first Tuesday in October. Petty Sessions are held every Tuesday at the Black Boys Hotel; Mr. Frederic Roe, Clerk to Magistrates.

The church of St. Michael was built by John of Gaunt, of Lancaster, the court of whose duchy was once hold in this town. The font is enriched with bas-reliefs of the four emblems of the Evangelists, the instruments of the Passion, and the arms of Gaunt, with other armorial insignia. Here is a monument to the memory of Richard Howard, Sheriff of Norwich, who in 1488 built the church porch. The east window is decorated with stained glass. The church has ten bells, a large and lofty steeple, clock, and organ. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The Rev. E. T. Yates is the vicar.

The Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, have each a chapel here.

CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.

Bond, Mrs. E., Cawston road Browne, Miss Martha, Cromer road Butler, Miss Mary, Millgate Butler, John, Cromer road Colby, Miss Charlotte, White Halt str. Copeman, George, Esq., Cromer road Ebbetts, Mrs. Elizabeth, Market place Gunton, Miss Frances, Cromer road Gunton, George, Esq., White Hart street Hilliman, Mrs. Cromer road Houndsfield, Mrs. Mary, Cromer road Mileham, Miss Mary, Millgate Postle, Robot, Esq., farmer, Cawston road Short, Miss Sarah, Rod Lion street Walpole, Mrs. Emily, White Hart street Yates, Rev. E. T., vicar of St. Michael’s, Vicarage house Young, Miss Elizabeth, Millgate

TRADES. PROFESSIONS, &c.

Abbs, William, baker, Church hill Ager, George, Diocesan school (president, Lord Sondes; visitor, the Bishop of Norwich) Post-office street Austen, Baker S., ironmonger, Market-place Ayton, Harriet, milliner and dress-maker, Market-place Bane, Mary, shopkeeper, Millgate Bane, William, chemist and druggist, Red Lion street Barber, Samuel, boot and shoe maker, Red Lion street Bartram, William and Son, builders and timber merchants, Millgate Bird, Joseph, Ship tavern, White Hart street Blyth, Isaac, tailor, Millgate Bonn, Winter, millwright, Cawston rood Breeze, James, Black Boys hotel and posting house, Market-place Breeze, Stephen, tailor and woollen draper, Market-place Bullock, F. T. and millers and maltsters, Millgate Burrell, George, builder, cabinet maker, upholsterer, and auctioneer, Market-place Burton, William, shopkeeper, White Hart street Butler, William, smith in general, Cawston road Cary, Thomas, shopkeeper, Millgate Case, James Lee, farmer, Millgate Chapman, Robert, butcher, Red Lion street Charlton, Thomas, Primitive Methodist preacher, White Hart street Clarke, George, Red Lion, Red Lion str. Clemente, Charles and Son, printers, bookbinders, stamp office, reading room and library. Market-place Clover, John, baker and confectioner, (agent to the General Hail Storm Company) Market-place Copemans and Gurney, bankers; manager, Jacob Middleton, jun., Norwich road Colk, Ann, day school, Bridewell corner Connold, Thomas, watch and clock maker, agent to Norwich Equitable Fire office, Market-place Culley, Benjamin, bricklayer, Cawston rd. Dale, Robert, hair-dresser and bird preserver, Market-place Davison, James, baker and miller, Butt Land lane Edwards, John, china and glass dealer, Red Lion street Elden, Eleanor, milliner and dress-maker, Red Lion street Elden, Elizabeth, general shopkeeper, Red Lion street England and Roper, grocers and drapers, Red Lion street Eston, Robert, baker, Millgate Feek, Dick, the New Inn, Red Lion street Firmage, John, boot and shoe maker, Pinfold street Fitt, Edward, gardener, Red Lion street Fitt, James, the Anchor, Millgate Fitt, John, watch and clock maker, Red Lion street Forster, William, solicitor Foxhall, Thomas, boot and shoe maker, Caston street Franklin, James, harness maker, Red Lion street Freeman, John, stone and marble mason, and Stone Masons’ Arms, Millgate Gatterson, Thomas, wheelwright and carpenter, Cromer road Goodwin, Keziah, straw bonnet maker, Butt Land lane Griffin, John, grocer and draper, Market-place Grimson, John, carpenter, Pinfold street Haddon, James, glover, &c., White Hart street Harris and Nitch, millers and farmers, Caston road Harrod, James, agent to the Norwich Union Fire and Life office, h Paradise Hatcher, Jane, milliner and dress-maker, Red Lion street Hill, William, the Unicorn inn, Post-office street Horstead, John, bricklayer, Post-office street Howes, Matthew, general dealer, White Hart street Ingate, Lewis, coachmaker, Commercial road Jones, Edmund, superintendent of the police station, Cromer road Johnson, Jane, school-mistress, Post-office street Johnson, John, boot and shoe maker, Post-office street Larke, John, cabinet maker, Cromer road Laxen, Henry, saddle and harness maker, Market place Laxon, Richard, baker and confectioner, Red Lion street Lemon, Benjamin, saddle and harness maker, Red Lion street Lomax, George, beer retailer, Millgate Mark, Charles, grocer, draper, and shoe man, Market-place Margetson, Robert, Norwich carrier and merchant Mash, Eliza, shop-keeper, Millgate Matthews, Richard, the Star inn, Red Lion street Miller, Sarah, straw bonnet maker, Cromer road Middleton, Jacob, jun., bank manager, Norwich road Miller, Thomas, boot and shoe maker, White Hart street Morton, R. K. Esq., physician, Cromer road Moy, John, the Feathers, Cawston road Mole, Elijah, baker, Pinfold street Nicholls, John, the White Horse, Millgate Nobbs, Mary Ann, superintendent of the post-office, Post-office street Ostick, Robert, boot and shoemaker, White Hart street Page, William, draper and grocer, Red Lion street Parmeter, Robert W., Esq., solicitor, clerk of the Peace for the County of Norfolk: h Cromer road Payne, James, boot maker, Red Lion str. Payne, William, boot and shoe maker, Red Lion street Pert, David, plumber and glazier, Red Lion street Pike, Robert, smith in general, Red Lion street Platten, Edward Suffolk, Temperance house, Church hill Poll, Frederic, sawyer, Town lane Poll, Henry, beer retailer and brewer, White Hart street Powell, Benjamin, grocer and draper, Market place Proudfoot, John, carpenter and joiner, Post-office street Puncher, William, the Dog inn, Norwich road Purdy, James, patten and clog maker, Market place Purdy, James, Norwich carrier and fishmonger, Red Lion street Pye, Allen, the Swan, rent collector, Post-office street Ransome, Horatio, tailor and draper, Red Lion street Repton, William, solicitor, Market place Roe, Daniel, F., solicitor’s clerk, Town lane Rust, William and Eliza, ironmongers and boot and shoe makers, Red Lion street Sands, Sarah, butcher, Post-office street Sands, James, butcher and farmer, Red Lion street Scott, George, grocer and draper, Red Lion street Scott, William Henry, solicitor, offices Market place: h Norwich road Sexton, Joseph, baker, Post-office street Smart, William, beer retailer and brewer, Post-office street Smith, Frederick P., surgeon, Market place Smithson, James, hairdresser, Red Lion street Soame, Henry, farmer, Cawston road Soame, John, baker, White Hart street Starling, William, basket maker, Red Lion street Stearman, Ann, shopkeeper, Red Lion street Stearman, Frederick, tailor, Post-office street Stearman, James, gardener, Cawston road Sutton, John, tailor and draper, Red Lion street Symonds, John, chemist and druggist, Market place Tattam, George Edward, smith in general, Cromer road Thirtle, Thomas, boot and shoe maker, Norwich road Tuck, Henry, boot and shoe maker, Millgate Turner, Frederick James, ladies’ boarding and day school, Market place Ulph, John Hook, Cross Keys and wheelwright, Red Lion street Waller, J. W., Commercial road Warren, Thomas, tea dealer and draper, Market place Watson, James W. B., basket maker and reed merchant, Millgate Williamson, Henry, the Bull inn, Red Lion street Wright, William, day and boarding school for young gentlemen, Commercial road

DISS

Diss. A neat and well-built market town, in Diss hundred, East Norfolk, with a railway station 26½ miles N. of Ipswich, 24 miles E. of Bury St. Edmund’s, 19 S.W. of Norwich, and 94½ N.E. of London. It is separated from Suffolk by the river Waveney. The town is flourishing, and contains some good shops. The population is 3,600, and the area in acres is 3,382, including Westbrook green, Walcot green, and Diss Heywood. The Earl of Albemarle is lord of the manor of the latter, a large farming district, to the N. of Diss. There are two fairs held here, on the third Friday in September, and on the 8th of November. It has also a weekly market held on Friday. The town is lighted with gas. The Church of the Virgin Mary is a large, handsome structure, with a fine square tower and eight bells, upon which a set of chimes play every four hours. The rectory produces an annual income of £900, and the patron and incumbent is the Rev. W. Manning.

The Wesleyans, Independents, Primitive Methodists, Baptists, Unitarians, and Quakers, have chapels here. There is also a National School for boys and girls.

The petty sessions are held every alternate Monday, at the King’s Head Inn. The Excise office is held at the same place; likewise the Diss Horticultural meeting.

The Eastern Union extension railway passes through the parish, at about a mile E. of the town.

The New Corn Hall is in the Grecian style of architecture, with a lofty stone portico, approached by a flight of steps from St. Nicholas’ street; the interior is 77 ft. long, 42 ft. wide, and 27 ft. high; it has a glass roof with a ground glass ceiling beneath it, to prevent the glare of the sun.

CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.

Barkham, Mr. Thomas, Crown street Barnard, Mrs., Mount street Brook, Samuel, Esq., Mere street Clubbe, Rev. James H., curate of Reydon, St. Nicholas’ street Cox, Miss E., Roydon road Davey, Mrs. M., the Common Farrow, Samuel, Esq., Bridge street Farrow, Miss Temperance, Crown street Field, Rev. J., Independent minister Jerrett, Mr. John, the Common Juba, Mr. Thomas, Roydon road Lewis, Rev. John Philip, Baptist minister, Crown street Manning, Rev. C., M.A., the Cottage Manning, Rev. Wm., rector of St. Mary, h the Rectory Mines, Mrs. Elizabeth, Market-place Rose, Miss Hannah, Mount street Shepherd, Rev. Henry James, curate of St. Nicholas, Crown street Smith, Mrs., Mere street Tacon, Mrs. Rachel, Crown street Tares, Mr. Joseph, the Common Taylor, Miss Mary, Mount street Thompson, Mr. Robert, Crown street Wells, Mr. James, Common Whaite, Mr. Thomas, Mere street

TRADES, PROFESSIONS, &c.