East Dereham, or Market Dereham, is a market town, railway station, and parish, partly in Mitford and partly in Launditch hundred, West Norfolk, 12¼ miles E. by N. of Swaffham, 11 from Wymondham, 16 E. by N. of Norwich, and 102 N.N.E. of London. The parish contains 5,661 acres, and a population, in 1851, of 4,385. It is a very ancient town. The market is held on Friday. The fairs are held in the market-place on the Thursdays before July 6th and September 29th. Petty Sessions are held every alternate Friday, and there is a county court.
The church of St. Nicholas is an ancient building, on the site of the conventual chapel: the bell tower is square, and is detached from the church. It was built 1508–20, and contains a peal of 8 bells. Wm. Cowper, the poet, is buried in this church.
The vicarage of East Dereham, with the curacy of Hoe annexed to it, was valued, in 1831, at £480. Here is also a sinecure rectory, valued, in 1831 at £710. The Rev. Wm. Chas. Wollaston holds the sinecure rectory, in lease from the crown, and is also patron of the vicarage, which is enjoyed by the Rev. B. J. Armstrong.
The Baptists, Wesleyans, Independents, and Primitive Methodists, have chapels here. There is also a British and Foreign, and National School; the former situated on the London road, and the latter in Theatre Street. The town is well lighted with gas. The works were constructed by Mr. George Malan, but are now in the possession of a company of shareholders: the gasometer will hold 7,000 cubic feet of gas. Mr. Stephen Harvey is secretary, and Mr. C. Aldis is the manager.
Here are Assembly Rooms, built in 1756. In February, 1852, a Savings’ Bank was established here, under the auspices of the leading families, and will, undoubtedly, become a great benefit to the labouring classes.
Dillington is a hamlet of this parish, 1 mile N.W., with 40 inhabitants. Dumpling Green, 1 mile S. Etling Green, North Hall Green, South Green, and Toftwood, are other hamlets.
Andrews, Thomas, Esq., Quebec road
Armstrong, Rev. B. J., M.A., vicar, Vicarage
Aufrere, Norris, Esq., the Dale
Baker, Misses, Quebec road
Browne, Mrs. Colville, Market-place
Cooper, Mrs. Edmund, Church street
Cooper, Mr. William, Back lane
Curtis, Rev. John, Market-place
De Groube, Mrs. Mary, Church street
Durrant, William, Esq., Gorgate hall
Ellis, Mrs., Norwich road
Girling, Barry, Esq., Hambletoft house
Gooch, Mrs. James, Market-place
Harvey, Thomas, Esq., South green
Holland, Miss, South green
Humphreys, Edward, Esq., Shipdham road
Jeffreys, Rev. George Y., Quebec road
Johnson, Mrs. Ann, High street
Lee Warner, Mrs., Quebec hall
Markant, Mrs. E., Quebec road
Minn, Lewis, Esq., Quebec road
Nalson, Mrs. Caroline, South green
Parke, James, Esq., Norwich road
Pillans, Mrs. Margaret, High street
Ramsdale, Mrs. Thomas, Quebec road
Warner, Mrs., Shrubland lodge
Wollaston, Rev. W. C., M.A., rector, South green
Wright, Miss M.A., Quebec road
Abram, Joseph, chemist, Market-place
Adams, John, farmer, Dumpling green
Aldis, Christopher, manager of the Gas Works, Quebec road
Aldis, William, academy, Norwich road
Armstrong, John, shopkeeper, Norwich road
Bailey, Edward, hairdresser Market-place
Baker, William, chimney sweeper, South green
Balls, Henry and Son, grocers and hardwaremen, Hall lane
Bambridge, Joseph, baker, Market-place
Banyard, Mrs. Sarah, farmer, Norwich road
Banyard, Matthias, baker, High street
Barkham, T. H., grocer and tea-dealer, High street
Barker, Charles, boot maker, Church street
Barker, James, beer retailer and boot maker, North Hall green
Barker, William, pork butcher, High street
Barkway, James, nursery and seedsman, Baxter row
Barnes, Robert, carrier, the Fleece, Norwich road
Barratt, Frederic, baker and tailor, Norwich road
Barton, Lewis, boot maker, Market-place
Barwell, Edward, corn, wool, wine, and spirit merchant, Market-place
Bates, Samuel, tailor and woollen draper, Market-place
Bayfield, Mrs. Harriet, butcher, High street
Beals, Ishmael, farmer, Etling green
Beals, Samuel, farmer, Toftwood
Bell, Thomas Robert, gun maker and cutler, Church street
Bennett, C., and Co., grocers, Market-place
Bidwell, Samuel S., brewer, maltster, wine and spirit merchant, South green
Blade, Mrs. Mary, hair cutter, High street
Boyce, Samuel H., watchmaker, Quebec street
Boyce, William, printer, &c., Market-place
Brewster, Edmund and Co., tea-dealers, Market-place
Brock, Robert, tinman, Light Horseman, Baxter row
Broom, Stephen, chimney sweeper, Church street
Brown, Thomas, farmer, Dillington
Bullen, Chamberlain, carpenter, Back lane
Burleigh, William, boot maker, Quebec street
Burton, Henry, boot maker, Baxter row
Carr, James, tailor, Hall lane
Carr, John, tinman, and eating house, High street
Carr, Margaret, milliner, High street
Carter, Mrs., carrier, Back lane
Carter, Matthew, plumber, Norwich road
Carter, Richard, veterinary surgeon, Norwich road
Carthew, George Alfred, solicitor, Quebec street
Catchpole, Robert, beer retailer, Etling green
Catton, Henry, surveyor, Norwich road
Chapling, William, beer retailer, Church street
Clarke Brothers, merchant tailors, hatters, outfitters, and agents for the waterproof hat and clothing department, Market-place
Coghill, Wm. A., gardener, South green
Cooper and Sons, solicitors, Market-place
Cooper, Charles, butcher, High street
Cooper, Charles, farmer, Toftwood
Cooper and Bowles, ironmongers, &c., High street
Cooper and Johnson, Misses, milliners and dress makers, Church street
Cooper, Henry, jun., baker, Baxter row
Cranmer, John, Chequers, Hall lane
Crofts, Benjamin, chemist, Market-place
Cross, James, farmer, Norwich road
Crowther, Henry, printer and stationer, High street
Cutting, Mrs., George inn, Market-place
Danford, Charles S., beer retailer, London road
Davey, William, farmer, Theatre street
Drake, William, solicitor, Quebec street
Dunn, George, boot maker, Norwich road
Dunn, John, blacksmith, Hall lane
Dye, Anthony, plumber and painter, Quebec street
Eastoe, Harriet, baker, High street
Eastoe, John, boot maker, High street
Eastoe, Mary Ann, school, High street
Eastoe, William, farmer, Etling green
Edwards, James, plumber, Back lane
Edwards, Martin, farmer, Etling green
Elsden, Benjamin, rope maker, Norwich road
Elsy, George, auctioneer, &c., Norwich road
Elsy, Martha, straw bonnet maker, Norwich road
Elsy, William, brazier, Church street
Elvin, James and Son, coach builders and steam saw mills, Norwich road
Elvin, Charles, heraldic painter, Norwich road
Emms, Samuel, beer house, Yaxham road
Feltham, William, boot maker, High street
Filby, William, Eagle inn, Market-place
Francis, W. K. and Co., grocers and drapers, Church street
Francis, John, sack manufacturer, Church street
Frary, Riches, farmer, Dumpling green
Frost, George, butcher, High street
George, Elizabeth, milliner, Norwich road
Gibson, Timothy, Duke of Wellington, Quebec street
Gidney and Son, ironmongers, iron and brass founders, agricultural implement makers, coal and timber merchants, &c., Market-place
Gill, James and John, iron and brass foundry, engineers and machine makers, Theatre street
Girling, James B. and Nathaniel, solicitors, Market-place
Girling, George, boot maker, High street
Girling, John, saddler, Market-place
Goshawk, John, gun maker, the Rose, Baxter row
Goward, Lucy, beer house, Yaxham road
Grant, Hannah, straw bonnet maker, Theatre street
Greenacre, James, auctioneer, land, estate and house agent, and sheriffs’ officer, Norwich road
Greenacre, Robert, beer house, Norwich road
Green, Sophia, cooper, High street
Hambling, Robert, brass and iron founder, and agricultural machine maker, Norwich road
Hambling, Thomas, brass and iron founder, and agricultural machine maker, High street
Hammond, James, baker, Church street
Hammond, James, leather cutter, Norwich road
Hardcastle, John W., school, Norwich road
Hardy, James, millwright, Back lane
Hastings, Horace C., surgeon, Market-place
Hatfield, Leonard, printer and bookseller, Market-place
Head, James, butcher, Baxter row
Hinsby, Samuel, farmer, North hall green
Hislop, James, watch maker, Quebec
Howarth, Samuel, Red Lion square
Howlett, William, butcher, Baxter row
Howlett, W. Curry, miller and baker, Quebec road
Hubbard, William, builder and contractor, High street
Hudson, John, blacksmith, Quebec street
James, Walter, tailor, Market-place
Jarred, Robert, butcher, Quebec street
Jex, George, grocer and draper, Market-place
Johnson, F. and Son, saddlers, Market-place
Juby, Charlotte, milliner, High street
Keeler, John, beer house, South green
Kemp, Mrs., milliner, basket maker, &c., Market-place
Kerslake, Thomas, auctioneer, &c., Scarning road
King, John, King’s Arms hotel commercial and posting house, Market-place
Maidwell, Thomas, corn dealer, High street
Margetts, Mary Ann, clothes dealer, Hall lane
Marriott, John and Robert, corn and coal merchants, Railway station
Martin, John Upchurch, teacher of music, Norwich road
Martin, Ann, china and glass dealer, High street
Mason, Ann, straw bonnet maker, Church street
Mayes, Ann, plumber, Church street
Mayes, James, farmer, Dumpling green
Mayes, Robert, shopkeeper, Baxter row
Meachen, Edward, brick maker, London road
Merry, Robert, jun., coal and corn merchant, Railway station
Miles, Thomas, glover, &c., Norwich road
Milk, William, farmer, North Hall green
Moore, James, gardener, Norwich road
Moore, William, nursery and seedsman, Norwich road
Monument and Son, carpenters, Baxter row
Munford, James, carpenter, Theatre street
Newell, William, stone and marble mason, Norwich road
Nicholson, Goddard, saddler, High street
Nicholson, James, cabinet maker, Back lane
Nicholson, Thomas N., butcher, High street
Norton, Mrs., shopkeeper, Norwich road
Nuthall, Elizabeth, milliner, Norwich road
Oakley, Francis, stone mason, Baxter row
Oakley, Henry, boot maker, Church street
Pack, Nathaniel, boot and shoe maker, Norwich road
Page, Thomas, grocer, draper, and wholesale and retail tallow chandler, Market-place
Parke, Thomas, King’s Head commercial inn, brewer, maltster, wine and spirit merchant, Norwich road
Parker, John, bricklayer, Norwich road
Payne, Minns, beer shop, South green
Peebles, William Skipp, builder, High street
Perkins, James, builder, Norwich road
Phillipo, Edward, shopkeeper, Church street
Philo, George, tax collector and parish clerk, Church street
Pilch, William, tailor, High street
Plowman, Henry, cabinet maker and upholsterer, Norwich road
Potter, Elijah, farmer, Etling green
Potter, R. and J., corn and seed merchants, Railway station
Ramsdale, Mrs., currier and leather cutter, Quebec street
Ramsdale, Robert, auctioneer, corn and coal merchant, Quebec street and Railway station
Rawlings, Mrs. Wm., shopkeeper, Church street
Read, Burrows, currier and leather cutter, Norwich road
Rising, H. C., grocer, draper, &c., Norwich road
Rix, Charles, boot maker, Theatre street
Rix, Henry, bricklayer and confectioner, High street
Rix, James, farmer, Badley moor
Rix, Mary, baker, Quebec street
Rust, John, blacksmith and confectioner, Market-place
Scholes, Jacob, hatter and furrier, Quebec street
Scraggs, Edward John, plumber, &c., Norwich road
Scraggs, Robert Beeston, clerk to the magistrates and commissioner of taxes, Quebec road
Sendall, Jonathan, furniture broker, High street
Sendall, William, wheelwright, Baxter row
Sharp, Henry, boot and shoe maker, Quebec corner
Ship, Robert, shopkeeper, High street
Skerritt, William, the Greyhound, High street
Skerry, John, carrier
Skipper, William, baker, Theatre street
Smith, James, farmer, North green
Smith, John P., farmer, Watering farm
Smith, Mary, miller, Toftwood
Smith, Robert, veterinary surgeon, Back lane
Smith, Susan, ironmonger, High street
Speakman, Thomas, boot maker, Waggon and Horses, London road
Speakman, William, boot maker, Norwich road
Springle, William, shopkeeper, Norwich rd
Staines, Timothy, farmer, Badley moor
Stone, Daniel, smith, Norwich road
Stonock, Barney, smith, Etling green
Stonock, Bernard, farmer, Haw hill
Stringer, Mary, straw bonnet maker, Baxter row
Taylor, John, plumber, glazier, &c., High street
Taylor, Thomas, bricklayer, High street
Thacker, John, farmer, and beer house, Hall lane
Thompson, Rev. Joseph, boarding school, Paternoster row
Tomlinson, James, cabinet maker, Market-place
Trollop, James, tailor, Norwich road
Trollop, Mrs., milliner and dress maker, Norwich road
Trollop, John, glove maker, Hall lane
Tuck, James, Cherry Tree, Theatre street
Varden, William, tailor, Market-place
Vincent, Dr. James, Quebec street
Vincent, William, farmer, Etling green
Ward, Jonathan, boot maker, Norwich road
Warman, Thomas, farmer, Dumpling green
Warren, Samuel and Son, corn and coal merchants, Railway station
Webster, Son, and Co., grocers and drapers, Market-place
Wells, H. and W., coach builders and blacksmiths, Norwich road
Wells, Elijah, dyer, Baxter row
Wells, John, auctioneer, &c., Lord Nelson, High street
Wells, Mrs. Catherine, beer house, Norwich road
Wenham, Charlotte, watch maker, Market-place
Wenham, John, watch maker and jeweller, Church street
Wenham, William, boot maker, Church street
Wharton, James, the Bell, Theatre street
Wigg, Charles, jun., farmer, Etling green
Wigg, Grigson, farmer, Park farm
Willden, John, miller, Norwich road
Willimont, Elizabeth, shopkeeper, Church street
Willimont, Kirby John, baker, Baxter row
Wilson, James, beer shop, Back lane
Wilson, Thomas, baker, Hall lane
Woodcock, Sarah, beer retailer, Etling green
Wright, Elizabeth, milliner, Market-place
Swaffham. A parish, market, union, polling town, and railway station, in South Greenhoe hundred, West Norfolk, and Norwich Bishopric, 15 miles E.S.E. of Lynn, 27 miles W. of Norwich, and 93 miles N.N.E. of London. The population, in 1851, was 3858; and the yearly value of assessed property, in 1815, was £11,218.
This town, one of the most beautiful in the county, is pleasantly situated on a rising ground, in a fine open country. The market is held on Saturdays. Annual fairs are held on the second Wednesday in May, the third Wednesday in July, and the first Wednesday in November, for cattle and sheep; the latter is one of the largest cattle fairs in Norfolk. The general quarter sessions of the peace are held here, by adjournment from the city of Norwich.
The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul is said to have been built in 1474, and is cruciform in plan, with an embattled tower, bearing two shields. About seven years since, in repairing the Church, and in removing the “Tinker and the Dog,” they found, carved in Latin,
“Love me, love my dog.”
“Love me, love my dog.”
The living is a vicarage, value £738 per annum, in the gift of the Bishop of Norwich.
The Baptists, Wesleyans, and Independents, have meeting houses here. There is a large bridewell here for 600 prisoners. The town is lighted with gas. Here is an iron foundry, coach works, bank, and savings’ banks.
SWAFFHAM PRISON, Edward A. Johnson, Governor.
The YOUNG MEN’S INSTITUTE, supported by the members, Market-place.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL, endowed by Nichols Hammond, Esq. James Hacon, Head Master: John Kelland, Second Master, Queen’s College, Cambridge.
The NATIONAL SCHOOL, situated upon Campling Land. Schoolmaster, Charles Wells; Schoolmistress, Mrs. Wells.
GAS WORKS, Lynn Road. Superintendent, Manager and Secretary, Francis Trundell.
SAVINGS’ BANK. William Wells, Secretary: H. T. Day, Esq., Manager.
WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL, Market-place.
Archer, Rev. Charles G., curate of Narborough cum Narford, London street
Balders, Mrs. Susan, Market-place
Brown, Mrs. Harriet, London street
Chapman, Mrs. Elizabeth, Station street
Cooper, Mrs. Matilda, Station street
Dalton, Rev. W., Castleacre street
Dugmore, John, Esq., London street
Everard, Salisbury, Rev., vicar to St. Peter’s, the vicarage
Girling, Mrs., Station street
Say, Hall, Esq., Norwich road
Hammond, Miss Sarah, Norwich road
Kemble, Mrs. Elizabeth, London street
Montague, Rev. George, rector of South Pickenham
Morse, James, Esq.
Newton, Mary, Lynn street
Peck, James, London street
Pillans, Mrs. Martha, Market-place
Sands, Mrs. Sarah, Lynn street
Stratton, Miss Elizabeth, London street
Trundle, Mrs. Martha, Castleacre street
Williams, James, Castleacre street
Alderton, Robert, lodging house for travellers, Lynn street
Allen, John, fishmonger, Market-place
Alpe, Robert, brewer, White Hart lane
Arnold, Henry, grocer and draper, Market place
Allet, Timothy, tailor, Market-place
Avis, John A., boot and shoe maker, London street
Barker, Willis, bricklayer, Lynn street
Barrett, John, bailiff of the county court, and house keeper of the Institute, Market-place
Bayfield, Benjamin, butcher, Lynn street
Bayfield, Edward William, hairdresser, Market-place
Bayfield, George B., flour factor, London street
Blanchflower, James, Maid’s Head inn, Market-place
Brown, Charles, baker, London street
Brundall, Henry T., parish constable and gardener, adjuster of weights and measures, bailiff of the fair, has a very fine collection of old coins, pictures, china, &c., and clerk to the market, Lynn street
Bullen, George, Trowel and Hammer, the Pool
Bullen, James, farmer
Butters, John, White Hart, Market-place
Butters, Richard, boot and shoe maker, London street
Carman, Abraham, tailor, Lynn street
Carr, John E., watch and clock maker, Market-place
Carter, Charles, veterinary surgeon and shoeing-smith, Lynn street
Carter, Thomas, the Pool
Clarke, Benjamin, blacksmith, Albert terrace
Clarke, James, clothier, Castleacre street
Clarke, James, tailor, London street
Clarke, William and Thomas, boot and shoe makers, Church lane
Clements, Thomas, baker, Market-place
Clifton, Edward, Station street
Clifton, William Wilson, station master
Cock, Edward, Ship inn, Lynn street
Codling, Phœbe, shopkeeper, Lynn street
Coe, Robert, Norfolk Hero, Castleacre street
Colman, Thomas, farmer, Norwich road
Cook, John, coach builder, Lynn street
Cory, Sendall, clothier, Market-place
Cross, Joseph, cooper, London street
Dawson, John, tailor and draper, Market-place
Davidson, Miss Hannah, milliner and dress-maker, London street
Day, Henry Framingham, manager to the East of England Bank, Market-place
Dickenson, George, the Angel, Market-place
Doughty, William, Red Lion inn, Market-place
Dunn, James, boot and shoe maker, the Pool
Dutchman, Durrant, farmer, Westacre street
Ellis, Norton, boot and shoe maker, London street
Ellis, Samuel, boot and shoe maker, Block street
Ellis, Thomas, the Chequers, Castleacre street
Ellis, Thomas C., carpenter and builder, Providence terrace
Elvin, Charles, heraldic artist, agent to the Unity Fire Office, London street
Elvin, James, and Son, coach builders, London street
Emerson, Robert N., surgeon, Market-place
Filbey, John, boot and shoe maker, Campin’s land
Finch, J., and H. F., chemists and druggists, oil and colourmen, agents for the sale of Lowe’s Patent Manure, Farmer’s Insurance Office, Market-place
Forby, John, grocer and draper, Market-place
Fuller, John, farmer, Norwich road
Gainsbury, Daniel, Royal Oak, and timber dealer, Castleacre street
Gardiner, John, bookseller and stationer, stamp office, Market-place
Gardiner, William V., brazier, coffee and eating house, Lynn street
Goodrich, George, boot and shoe warehouse, Lynn street
Goodrum, Anne, dressmaker and tailoress, London street
Goose, Morris, painter and gilder, Lynn street
Goose, Morris, and Barber, Robert, painters and gilders, Mangate street
Greeves, Thomas, leather currier, London street
Hall, Charles, butcher, Castleacre street
Hall, William, baker, Lynn street
Hammond, Robert, grocer, boot and shoe maker, Market-place
Harper, Henry, cabinet-maker and upholsterer, London street
Harrison, Elizabeth, milliner and dressmaker, Lynn street
Hart, Joseph, baker, Castleacre street
Harvey, Charlotte, fancy repository, Market-place
Hewett, Elizabeth, boarding and day school for young ladies, London street
Hewett, Miss Sarah, bookseller and stationer, London street
Heyhoe, John, stone mason and builder, Station street
Heyhoe, John James, stone and marble mason and builder, Market-place
Heyhoe, Robert, plumber and glazier, London street
Hook, John, baker, Castleacre street
Howard, Henry, baker, Lynn street
Howard, Mary Ann, clothier, Market-place
Howarth, William, brewer and maltster, wine and spirit merchant, agent to the Equitable Fire office, Market-place
Hubbard, Charlotte, Spread Eagle, London street
Hudson, George, Black Horse inn, London street
Ingram, Esther, hosier, Castleacre street
Jackson, Robert, wheelwright and smith, London street
Jarvis, William, basket maker, Market-place
Jeary, John, farmer, the Pool
Jeffrey, Charles, William, and Co., malsters, wine and spirit merchants, seed, corn, coal, and wool merchants, London street
Jeffries, Henry, the Pool
Johnson, James, tailor and draper, Market-place
Johnson, Mary Ann, straw bonnet maker, Castleacre street
Johnson, William, the Greyhound, Market-place
Josh, Isaac, blacksmith, White Hart lane
Kemble, Benjamin, gardener, Norwich road
Kiddle, George, cabinet maker and upholsterer, Castleacre street
Lack, John, artist, Market-place
Lasscock, William, saddle and harness maker, Market-place
Lindsay, Thomas, grocer and draper, Market-place
Lack, William, saddle and harness maker, Agent for the Royal Exchange Fire and Life Assurance society, Market-place
Loveless, Samuel, plumber, glazier, and painter, London street
Lusher, Robert, the Sun, Lynn street
Mace, Charles, dealer in tea, Station street
Maddison, George, grocer and tallow chandler, Castleacre street
Marcon, Andrew, solicitor, Market-place
Marsh, Edward, boot and shoe maker, Market-place
Martin, David William, ironmonger, china dealer, and leather cutter, Market-place
Mason, George B., colonel in the army, White Hart lane
Matthews, John, harness maker, Lynn street
Matthews, Robert, tailor, Block street
Mendham, Harriet and Elizabeth, straw bonnet makers and milliners, Market-place
Mendham, James, plumber and glazier, Market-place
Moore, Henry, grocer and draper, Market-place
Morse, Arthur, brewer, Market-place
Muffett, John, general shopkeeper, Market-place
Muffett, Samuel, cabinet maker and carpenter, Market-place
Naunton, Walter, confectioner, Market-place
Nokes, William, commercial traveller, London street
Nooks, Robert, tax gatherer, the Pool
Oaks, Richard, builder, Market-place
Overton, Elizabeth, dressmaker, London street
Page, William, Crown Hotel commercial, family, and posting house, and farmer, Market-place
Parson, William, gun maker and superintendent of the post-office, Market-place
Perry, Mary, fancy repository, Mangate street
Petch, Pooley, boot maker, London str.
Philo, James, clerk to St. Peter’s, Block street
Philo, James, china and glass dealer, and boot and shoe maker, London street
Pilbeam, Thomas, grocer and draper, Market-place
Pitcher, William, Horse and Groom, Lynn street
Plowright, Henry, general and furnishing ironmonger, founder, &c., Market-place
Plowright, S. S., boarding and day school for young ladies, London street
Ponder, Nathaniel, shopkeeper, Lynn street
Pope, William, drapery and shoe warehouse, Market-place
Porter, James, boot maker, Albert terrace
Powley, Benjamin, tailor and draper, Market-place
Powley, Robert, tailor, London street
Powley, Susan, milliner and mantle maker, Market-place
Pratt, John, land surveyor and register office for servants, Market-place
Pratt, Matthew, watch and clock maker, Market-place
Pullock, Peter, registrar of births and deaths for the Saham Toney District, and relieving officer, London street
Randall, Thomas, butcher, Market-place
Reeve, Edmund, surgeon, London street
Rolfe, William, music master, organist to the church, Mangate street
Rose, Caleb Burrell, surgeon, Market-place
Rose, John, Railway Tavern, Castle street
Rust, James, chemist and druggist, Market-place
Sands, William, builder, Lynn street
Seaman, David, horsebreaker, Lynn str.
Sear, Charles, White Lion, Castleacre street
Selfe, Samuel, beer retailer, London str.
Sewell, Robert, solicitor, Block street
Smith, George, general dealer, London street
Smith, George, baker, London street
Smith, John, butcher, Market-place
Smith, Robert, engineer and iron and brass founder, White Hart lane
Smith, Robert, dealer in marine stores, Lynn street
Smith, William and Frederic, painters, plumbers, and glaziers, Market-place
Southwell, William C., manager of Gurney and Co.’s Bank, and agent for the Sun Fire and Life Office and General Hail Storm Assurance society, Bank, Market-place
Spinks, John, shopkeeper, London street
Steel, William, the Swan, Castleacre str.
Sutton, James, baker and confectioner, Market-place
Takes, Israel, temperance coffee and eating house, Lynn street
Tennant, James, boot and shoe maker, Block street
Thomas, Frederic John, surgeon, Castleacre street
Trundle, James and Son, auctioneers and saddlers, Market-place
Utting, Anne, milliner and straw bonnet maker, and has the full management of the Assembly Rooms and Shirehall, h Market-place
Vince, Allen, shopkeeper and brick maker, London street
Vince, Henry, market gardener, London street
Vout, Henry, lodging house for travellers, Lynn street
Wake, John, cattle dealer, London street
Wales, Richard, George commercial hotel, Castleacre street
Wales, Thomas, butcher, Market-place
Walker, George, boot and shoe warehouse, Market-place
Ward, William, the Fleece, Lynn street
Watts, John, hairdresser, Market-place
Wells, William C., printer, bookseller, and binder (book club), Market-place
Wenham, James, watch and clock maker, jeweller, and silversmith, Market-place
Wharton, William, hairdresser and fancy repository, Market-place
Whitby, George, King’s Arms, Lynn str.
Whithers, George, farmer, White Hart lane
Wilkerson, Goss, fishmonger, Market-pl. place
Winearls, William, solicitor, London str.
Woods, Rev. William, Baptist minister, Station street
Wright, John, baker, London street
Wyatt, Joseph, commercial traveller, Market-place
Wyers, Edward, boot maker, Campling lane
Young, Job, umbrella maker, Lynn str.
Reepham is a small market town, on the banks of the Eyn brook, a branch of the Wensum; 6 miles N.E. of Elmham station. 136 miles from London, and 12 N.W. from Norwich, and extends into four parishes, which contain together, 1,800 inhabitants; the acreage of the four parishes is 2,427. The chief trade of this town is in malt for ale, the parish being well adapted for the growth of barley. There is also a large brewery, and two extensive tanneries. The market, which is held on Wednesday, being for corn and cattle; and a fair is held on June 29th, for stock, horses, &c.
A police station has been erected on the Dereham road, about a quarter of a mile from the market-place, opened March, 1856. There are also two fire engines kept in this parish. Engine house situated in the Back lane.
The living is a rectory, value £600 per annum, with Kerdistone. There are two Cemeteries: one for the parish of Reepham with Kerdistone, and the other for the parish of Hackford with Whitwell; consecrated, July 9th, 1856, by Dr. Henry Spencer, late of Madras.
Reepham and Kerdistone, ST. MARY’S CHURCH. Rev. Frederic Field, M.A., Rector: Rev. Richard Gilbert, B.A., Curate.
Hackford and Whitwell. Rev. Edward Holley, M.A., Rector; Rev. Frederic Thompson, Curate.
Wesleyan Chapel, Wesleyan Reform Chapel, Primitive Methodist Chapel; various Ministers.
POST OFFICE. Miss Amelia Sands, postmistress. Letters arrive from Norwich at 9 a.m., and are dispatched at 25 min. to 5 p.m. The box closes at 4 p.m., but letters can be posted till 4½ p.m., by affixing an extra stamp.
Insurance Agents. Equitable Fire office, Robert Keeler. Norwich Union Fire and Life, and Norwich Hail Storm Company, George St. John, and F. S. Bircham, solicitor.
Parish Clerk, Henry Bishop.
Bircham, William, Esq., the Ollands
Bircham, William, jun., Esq., Hackford
Collyer, the Very Rev. John Bedingfield, archdeacon of Norwich, Hackford hall
Field, Rev. Frederic, M.A., rectory
George, Mr. Robert, Hackford
Gilbert, Rev. Richard, B.A., curate
Holly, Rev. Edward, M.A., Hackford
Leamon, Robert, Esq., Whitwell
Leeds, Stephen, Esq., Whitwell
Thompson, Rev. Frederic, curate, Hackford
Alderton, Thomas, farmer
Amiss, John, wheelwright, Hackford
Amiss, Richard, grocer and draper, Hackford
Andrews, George O., excise officer, Reepham
Baldwin, Nathaniel, shoemaker
Barker, Robert, grocer, &c., Hackford
Barrett, Martin, blacksmith, Hackford
Barrett, Robert, miller, Whitwell
Barrett, Mrs. Sarah, farmer, Whitwell
Besford, John, farmer, Kerdistone
Bircham, F. S., Esq., solicitor, clerk to the magistrates of this hundred, and to the commissioners of Income tax, and agent to the Norwich Union Fire and Life offices, Hackford
Bircham and Parmeter, brewers, maltsters, and spirit merchants, Hackford
Bishop, Henry, plumber and glazier, the Duke of York, parish clerk, apparitor for the diocese, and carrier, Hackford
Briggs, James, cabinet maker, Hackford
Brown, William, smith, Kerdistone
Buck, James, boys’ school, Hackford
Bush, John, King’s Arms, Hackford
Burcham, Thomas, tailor, Hackford
Burton, John, shoemaker, Hackford
Burton, Joseph W., butcher, Hackford
Burton, Thomas, butcher, Hackford
Cooper, Orlando H., academy, Hackford
Davidson, James, baker, Hackford
Doughty, William, plumber and glazier
Dungar, Thomas, farmer, Whitwell
Dyball, Robert, horse breaker, Hackford
Dye, Henry, farmer, Kerdistone
Eglington, Emerson, tailor, Hackford
Eglington, Mark, farmer, Whitwell
Ellis, Edward, saddler, Hackford
English, John, shoemaker, Hackford
Filby, John, farmer, Kerdistone
Fish, James, shoemaker, Hackford
Frankland, Robert, ironmonger, Hackford
Frankland, Robert, shoemaker, Hackford
George, Henry, farmer, Kerdistone
George, William, ironmonger, Hackford
Hart, Thomas G., grocer and draper, Hackford
Hawes, James, tailor, Hackford
Hill, Charles W., tailor and draper, Hackford
Howard, George, carpenter, Hackford
Howe, Samuel, Lord Nelson, Hackford
Hurrell, Dennis, V.R. and George and Dragon, Hackford
Hurrell, T., grocer and draper, Hackford
Isaacks, Nathaniel, grocer and draper, Hackford
Jewell, George, veterinary surgeon, Hackford
Keeler, R., grocer and draper, Hackford
Lacey, John, druggist and stationer, Hackford
Leamon, Robert, tanner and timber merchant, Whitwell hall
Leeds, Stephen, farmer, Kerdistone
Leeds, William, Sun inn, and carrier, Hackford
Mason, Edward, cooper, Hackford
Neale, William, baker, Hackford
Parke, William B., farmer
Partridge, Thomas J., farmer
Perry, Charles H., surgeon, Hackford
Prior, Henry, saddler, Hackford
Pumfrey, James, farmer, Kerdistone
Rodham, William M., farmer, Hackford
Rudd, William, hairdresser, Hackford
Scurll, Brettingham, baker, Hackford
Secker, John, basket maker, Hackford
Seeley, Barnabas L., farmer, Kerdistone
Sewell, John, farmer, Hackford
Sewell, William, carpenter, Hackford
Smith, Mrs. Susan, farmer, Kerdistone
Springall, Thomas, bricklayer
Staples, Thomas, chemist and druggist, Hackford
St. John, George, grocer and draper, Hackford
Tann, Thomas, farmer, Kerdistone
Tindale, William, grocer and draper
Timber, Elizabeth, grocer and draper, Hackford
Travis, Thomas, Greyhound, Hackford
Tuddenham, Richard, cooper, Hackford
Vardigans, Mary Ann, bonnet maker, Hackford
Vial, Samuel, Victoria Fall Gate, Whitwell
Watson, James, Cock inn, Whitwell
Watson, Job H., shoemaker, Hackford
Watson, Job H., grocer and draper
Whurr, Thomas, tea dealer, Whitwell
Woolmer, Jas. S., watchmaker, Hackford
Wright, David, plumber and glazier
Foulsham is a small scattered town in Eynesford hundred and Aylsham Union, situate about 4 miles from Elmham railway station, 8 S.E. of Fakenham, and 18 N.W. of Norwich.
The living is a rectory, in the gift of Lord Hastings; the Rev. Henry Milles Astley, B.A., is the present rector. The church of Holy Innocents is a large and handsome structure, with a fine square tower. The Baptists have a place of worship. There is also a National School for boys and girls. The magistrates meet at the Ship Inn every alternate Monday. There is a fair for cattle and pleasure on the first Tuesday in May. The population is 1,076. The parish contains about 3,190 statute acres. Lord Hastings is lord of the manor, and chief land proprietor.
Astley, Rev. Henry, B.A., rector
Bennett, Mr. William
Gilbert, Rev. Richard, B.A. curate
Leeds, Misses M. and E.
May, Miss M. A.
Peterson, Mr. William
Archer, James, grocer, &c.
Archer, Richard, butcher
Archer, William, plumber and glazier
Austin, Robert, butcher
Austin, Thomas, farmer
Austin, Watts, butcher
Austin, John, farmer
Barber, James, carrier
Bartlett, Henry, druggist and stationer
Bell, Benjamin, farmer
Bircham, Amelia, dress maker
Blogg, Richard, bricklayer
Body, Henry, farmer
Butler, W. G., currier and leather cutter
Carr, Sarah, boarding and day school
Carrison, Charlotte, grocer, &c.
Chamberlain, Edward, farmer
Clarke, Louisa, straw bonnet maker
Clarke, Robert, carpenter
Dack, —, carrier to Norwich
Dawson, Michael, blacksmith
Dench, Robert, solicitor, coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, clerk to the magistrates, and commissioners of taxes
Drozier, Robert, parish clerk
Eke, James, blacksmith
Emms, Henry, veterinary surgeon
Fallow, Thomas, Ship inn
Frost, Robert, tailor
Girling, Christopher, surgeon
Girling, John, carpenter
Gilham, William, baker
Godfrey, Thomas, farmer
Gooch, Robert P., veterinary surgeon
Graver, Luke, baker
Heasel, Elizabeth, baker
Howlett, Stephen, King’s Arms
Hubbard, Stephen, painter, plumber, &c
Hunt G. P., National School
Knights, Fenn, academy
Knights, Frederic, glover
Leamon, Charles, saddler
Leamon, Edmund, ironmonger
Leamon, Edward, farmer
Leamon, Richard, baker
Long, Robert, grocer, &c.
Mace, Charles, grocer, &c.
Manning, Susan, dress maker
Neale, Charles, farmer
Neale, George, Bull inn
Oldman, James, boot and shoe maker
Powell, John, tailor
Pratt, Richard, grocer, &c.
Prior, John, boot and shoe maker
Purdy, Robert, farmer
Quarles, William, solicitor
Russell, Edward, watch maker
Saunders, James, miller
Saunders, James, jun., solicitor, agent to the Royal Farmers’ and Hail Storm, and the Farmers’ and Graziers’ Cattle Insurance Office
Saunders, James and Charles, surgeons
Sawyer, Thomas, wheelwright
Sawyer, Thomas, carpenter
Sawyer, Thomas, blacksmith
Seaman, William, farmer
Smith, James, boot and shoe maker
Smith, Matilda, dress maker
Smith, William, grocer, &c.
Spencer, Edward, plumber and glazier
Spragg, Thomas, boot and shoe maker
Towler, George, wheelwright
Towler, John, grocer, &c.
Tuddenham, John, tailor
Turner, James G., grocer, &c.
Wade, Matthew, ironmonger
West, C. S., carpenter and cabinet maker
Williamson, John, glover