Lockwood, George, tobacconist, Earl’s street
Mackenzie, G. W., surgeon, Bury road
Mann, Thomas, boot and shoe maker, Market-place
Matthew, William G., tailor, Raymond st.
Matthews, Miss S., milliner and dress maker, Raymond street
Meadows, Josiah, tailor, King street
Moore, Henry, Half Moon, Mundford road
Munn, Richard, Winchester and Co., paper manufacturers, Mill lane
Musk, Thomas, Three Hoops, Magdalen street
Neobard, John, and Son, wine merchants, London road
Nye, Charles, dispensing chemist, King street
Oakes, Bevan, Moor, and Co., bankers, Bridge street
Oldman, John and S., cabinet makers, upholsterers, auctioneers and woollen repository, King street
Palmer, Alfred, coach builder, London road
Palmer, James, bricklayer, Great Magdalen street
Palmer, John, baker, White Hart street
Peachey, Samuel, accountant, Church street
Peacock, William, draper, King street
Peak, Lewis, supervisor, Magdalen street
Pechey, Joseph, boot and shoe maker, Great Magdalen street
Pechey, William, accountant, Bridge street
Peck, Edward, stone and marble mason, London road
Peck, Sarah Ann, milliner and dress maker, London road
Petteny, William, the Spread Eagle, Old Market street
Plumpton, Mary Ann, Anchor Hotel, Bridge street
Pollard, Alfred, boot and shoe maker, Bridge street
Pratt, Sarah, confectioner, King street
Pretty, Elizabeth, plumber and glazier, Guildhall street
Puttick, Henry, day classical academy, Magdalen street
Reeder, Robert, Golden Horse Shoe, Back street
Reeve, Henry, carrier, Earl’s lane
Reynolds, John, basket maker, Wells street
Reynolds, Robert, bird preserver, Bridge street
Richardson, Thomas, agent for Harvey and Hudson, bankers
Ripper, William, Engine and Tender, Mundford road
Rogers, Wallis, grocer and draper, Market-place
Rumblow, George, foreman to paper mills, Mill lane
Sakens, Elizabeth, straw bonnet maker, Magdalen street
Salter, W. P., farmer, Abbey farm
Scales, Mary, fancy repository, White Hart street
Scott, Emma, draper, King street
Sharp, William, stone and marble mason, Guildhall street
Shaw, Robert, gardener and seedsman, Great Magdalen street
Skippins, Charles, currier and leather cutter
Slipper, James, boot and shoe maker, Guildhall street
Smart, Charles, ironmonger, King street
Smith, Dennis, registrar of births, deaths, and marriages, Guildhall street
Smith, John, carpenter and builder, Back street
Snare, Rebecca, shopkeeper, Bury road
Snare, Susan, milliner and dress maker, Mill lane
Spalding, John, licensed brewer, Bury road
Sparrow, Sarah, shopkeeper, Garden place
Spendlove, Hannah, watch and clock maker, Bridge street
Spendlove, Robert, Dog and Partridge, Guildhall street
Steward, Stephen, Fleece Inn, Croxton road
Stokes, Joseph, cork manufacturer, Guildhall street
Stone, Mary, carrier to Bury, Back street
Tingay, Samuel, shopkeeper, Tavern lane
Tompson, George, timber merchant, Magdalen street
Towell, William, tailor, Magdalen street
Trail, William, accountant, Magdalen street
Traise, Edward, baker, Guildhall street
Tudd, Henry, hair dresser, Magdalen str.
Tunney, John, saddle and harness maker, rope and twine maker, Bridge street
Tyler, Charles Dewing, Red Lion inn, Market-place
Tyrrell, John, Black Horse, Great Magdalen street
Tyrrell, Henry Robert, maltster and farmer, White Hart street
Ward, George, baker, Great Magdalen street
Watson, Cornelius, butcher, Back street
Webb, Richard, baker, White Hart street
West, John, veterinary surgeon, Market-place
West, William, boot and shoe maker, leather seller, agent to the Fire and Life Insurance Office, Guildhall street
Whistler, William, game dealer, and sheriffs’ officer, King street
Whiterod, Robert, boot and shoe maker, Guildhall street
Wicks, William Watts, brewer and spirit merchant, Thetford
Wilson, Philip, hair dresser, Magdalen street
Woolsey, Abraham, Albion inn, Magdalen street
Woolsey, William, George inn, Back street
Wright, George, plumber and glazier, Great Magdalen street
Youngs, Thomas, the Angel, Guildhall street
Fakenham, formerly called Fakenham-Lancaster, is a market-town and parish, 33¾ miles from Norwich, and 137½ from London. The town is very pleasantly situated on a declivity, north of the river Wensum. It has of late years been considerably improved by the erection of several neat houses: the streets are well paved, and lighted with gas. The market; held on Thursday, is well supplied and attended. There are two fairs; on Whit-Monday and November 22nd. The population, in 1851, was 2,347.
The New Corn Exchange was opened August 23rd, 1855, and is a very fine erection, suitable for the purposes required.
The church of St. Peter is a handsome structure, chiefly in the later English style, with a lofty embattled tower, crowned by crocketted pinnacles, and containing eight bells; it has a nave and chancel, with north and south aisles. A new east window, in five compartments, partly filled with stained glass, was erected in 1805, and a new organ in 1826—the latter at the expense of the late rector. The inside of the church is neatly pewed; the chancel is separated from the nave by a finely-carved screen; the font is octangular, and embellished with carvings of the arms of the duchy of Lancaster, and the emblems of the Evangelists, the Trinity, and the Passion. A beautiful altar-piece of Bath stone, in the Gothic style, designed by Mr. Brown of Norwich, and executed by Mr. Daniel Forster, was put up in 1844. The living is a rectory, in the gift of Trinity College, Cambridge. The Rev. M. A. Atkinson is the rector.
Atkinson, Rev. Michael Angelo, rector of Fakenham, Post-office street
Blanchflower, Miss Ann, Wells road
Blanchflower, Mr. John, Wells road
Canham, Mr. William, Bridge street
Cousins, Mrs. Mary Ann, Wells road
Damant, Thomas William Esq., M.D., M.R.C I.L.L.I.A., Post-office street
Legge, Rev. William, dissenting minister
Marrison, Mrs. Frances, Wells road
Potter, Richard Goodwyn, Esq., Market-place
Roberts, Mrs. Matilda, Wells road
Rogers, Mrs. Phebœ, White Horse street
Rudds, Mrs. Alice, Bridge street
Rudling, Mrs. Alice, Wells road
Seppings, Mr. Edmund, Norwich street
Sillett, Miss, Post-office street
Soams, Mrs., White Horse street
Woodcock, Mrs. Ann, White Horse street
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. 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 forservants 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.
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
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. 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.
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
Abbott, Edward, printer, bookbinder, stationer, and music seller, Mere street
Abbott, Joseph, tea-dealer, the Common
Aldrich, George, butcher, Bridge street
Aldrich, Henry, commercial traveller, Mount street
Aldrich, John, ironmonger, brazier, painter, plumber, and glazier, St. Nicholas’ street
Aldrich, Robert, brush and patten manufacturer, St. Nicholas’ street
Aldrich, Mrs. Robert, grocer and tea-dealer, St. Nicholas’ street
Aldrich, William, hat manufacturer, Crown street
Alger, Cleersewell, land agent, surveyor, and lithographer, agent to the London Indisputable Life office, and the London Unity Fire office, Mere street
Alger, James, accountant, Crown street
Allen, Ann, the Star, Mere street
Amyott, Thomas E., surgeon, Crown str.
Andrews, William, watch and clock maker, jeweller and silversmith, St. Nicholas’ street
Angold, Henry, carpenter and joiner, Mount street
Atkins, George and Son, carpenters and joiners, Back lane
Atkins, James, carpenter and builder, Church street
Austin, Edward, saddle and harness maker, Mere street
Baldwin, Cutty, dealer, the Tuns, Common
Baldwin, John, currier and leather seller, Church street
Barkham, W. H., cabinet maker, upholsterer, paper hanger, appraiser, &c., Market-place
Barkway, Edward, gardener and seedsman, Common
Barnard, Alfred Francis, solicitor, St. Mary’s terrace
Barrett, Philip, grocer, tea-dealer and porter merchant, Mere street
Battel, John, broker, Mount street
Battel, William, the Greyhound, St. Nicholas’ street
Berrett, Benjamin, basket maker and cooper, Mere street
Berrett, William, corn chandler, the Sun inn, Mere street
Bishop, Henry, boot and shoe warehouse, opposite the Church
Bobby, Henry, tailor, draper, and hatter, Market square
Bobby, James H., draper, &c., Saint Nicholas’ street
Boggis and Son, silk mercers and drapers, Mere street
Bond, George, tailor, St. Nicholas’ street
Booty, James, tea-dealer, St. Nicholas’ street
Broad, Mrs. A., milliner, Mere street
Broad, George W., brush and patten manufacturer, St. Nicholas’ street
Browne, George F., solicitor, Mount street
Browne, Samuel, clothier, Market-place
Browning, Samuel, grocer and tea-dealer, Market-place and Common
Brunning, John, carpenter, Church street
Bryant, Daniel, tailor and draper, Mere street
Bull, Charles, surgeon, Mount street
Bunyan, John W., saddle and harness maker, St. Nicholas’ street
Burch, Susannah, seminary for young ladies, Mount street
Burch, Thomas, cooper, Mount street
Burrows, Band, G., grocer and tea-dealer, ladies’ boot and shoe establishment, Mere street
Burrows, Robert, maltster, Crown street
Burrows, Thomas, hair-dresser and bird preserver, Market-place
Carman, Robert, brewer and retailer of beer, Crown street
Cary, John S., general dealer, Market-place
Chambers, Edmund, the Half Moon, St. Nicholas’ street
Chaplyn, Mary Ann, milliner and dress-maker, Crown street
Chaplyn, William, hair-dresser, Crown street
Chaplyn, William, corn, coal, and malt merchant, Common
Chapman, George, farmer, Heywood
Chase, Charles, butcher, Market-place
Chatton, Zachariah, farmer, Heywood
Cobb, Harriet, baker, Bridge street
Cobb, Samuel, plumber, glazier, and sheriffs’ officer, fancy toy shop, Mere street
Cobb, Samuel, boot and shoe maker, Church street
Coe, Jarvis, painter, plumber, and glazier, Mere street
Coleman, Benjamin, tailor, Mount street
Collier, Charles, station master, Station
Cooke, James, linen manufacturer, St. Nicholas’ street
Copeman, William, broker, Crown street
Copping, William, grocer and draper, Bridge street
Cotman, Thomas, registrar of births, deaths, and marriages, and corn inspector, Bridge street
Cracknell, John, grocer and draper, Market hill and St. Nicholas’ street
Creasey, Emily, milliner and dress-maker, St. Mary’s terrace
Crisp, Simon, butcher, Crown street
Cubitt, Clara, fancy repository, Mere st.
Cupiss, Francis, chemist and druggist, veterinary surgeon, printer and bookbinder, Mere street
Cuthbert, Henry, corn, coal, and seed merchant, Mere street
Cutting, John, farmer, Heywood
Dakin, George, commercial traveller, the Common
Debenham, Edward, linen draper, Crown street
Denlock, Mr., boarding and day school for young gentlemen, Church street
Digby, Josiah, fishmonger, Crown street
Dove, John, watch and clock maker, Crown street
Downing, Robert, builder, Park fields
Easto, Richard, beer retailer, Common
Edwards, Francis, Saracen’s Head, Mount street
Eglington, William, tailor and draper, Mere street
Elliott, Thomas, auctioneer and valuer, St. Mary’s terrace
Elliott, Wm. W., auctioneer, valuer, and farmer, Thelton; firm, Elliott and Son
Ellis, Robert, farmer, Common
Ellis, Stimpson, farmer, Heywood
Elsey, Jonathan, farmer, Walcot green
Esling, John, grocer and tea-dealer, St. Nicholas’ street
Everett, George, farmer, Heywood
Farrow, Charles, brewer, maltster, wine, spirit, and porter merchant, Bridge street
Farrow, Joseph, timber merchant, Crown street
Farrow, Thomas, architect and builder, Crown street
Fincham and Simpson, bankers, Diss, Harling and Eye; London agents, Barclay, Bevan and Co.
Foulger, Edward, farmer, Walcot green
Freeman, Robert, green grocer, Market-place
Garrett Brothers, coach builders, Mere street
Gilman, John, baker, Bridge street green
Goldsmith, Mary, cowkeeper, Common
Goold, Philip, shoeing smith, Ship inn, Mere street
Gostling, Harriet, bookseller, stationer, and dealer in china and earthenware, Mere street
Gostling, Thomas, chemist, druggist, oil and colorman, Market-place and Mere street
Gray, Frederic W., organist, Mount street
Hague, Sarah, stay and corset maker, St. Nicholas’ hill
Hague, William, tailor and draper, St. Nicholas’ hill
Hammond, William, boot and shoe maker, Mount street
Harbour, William, farmer, Heywood
Harris, Henry, farmer, Heywood
Harrison, Henry, cabinet maker and upholsterer, Mere street
Harrison, William, cabinet maker, Crown street
Harveys and Hudsons, bankers; H. P. Engshom, manager
Hayward, Henry, shoeing smith, Crown street
Hearn, John, farmer, Burston road
Heffill and Barnard, solicitors
Heffill, Henry, solicitor, Mount street
Hewitt, Robert, the Two Brewers, Saint Nicholas’ street
Holmes, John, dyer and dresser, Mere street
Holmes, Margaret and Eliza, milliners and dress-makers, Mere street
Humphrey, John, painter, plumber, and glazier, Common
Jay, Sarah, miller, Common
Kent, John, clerk to Commissioners of Taxes, agent for the Norwich Fire Office, and Chief Constable, St. Mary’s terrace
Kent, John, farmer, Darrow road
Kerry, John, corn chandler, St. Nicholas’ street
Kerry, Jonathan, wheelwright, Mount street
Knights, Samuel, shopkeeper, Bridge street green
Knowles, Mary Ann, straw bonnet maker, St. Nicholas’ hill
Knowles, Samuel, boot and shoe maker, St. Nicholas’ hill
Lacy, William, butcher, Mere street
Lait, Charles, coach builder, Mere street
Lait, Thomas, clothier, Crown street
Leathers, Richard, corn chandler, Mere street
Leech, John, currier, Crown street
Leeder, Simon, confectioner, Mere street
Legood, Mrs., milliner and dress-maker, Mount street
Lines, Harriet, ironmonger, brazier, and smith in general, St. Nicholas’ street
Lines, John, cattle dealer, Common
Luccock, James, farmer, Church street
Lusher, William, baker, Church street
Lyns, George, solicitor, Terrace
Mallott, John, gunsmith, Mere street
Mallott, Mildred, spice bread maker, Mere street
Marsh, Arthur F., watch and clock maker, jeweller and silversmith, Crown street
Mason, Charles, timber and coal merchant, Common
Mayerows, James, shopkeeper, Common
Mice, Hannah, glover, St. Nicholas’ street
Moore, William, King’s Head commercial posting house and revenue office, Mere street
Murton, Henry, farmer, Heywood
Murton, Robert, sen., farmer, Heywood
Musgrave, Mary Ann, post mistress, Mount street
Muskett, John, surveyor, St. Mary’s terrace
Muskett, John, solicitor, clerk to the magistrates, coroner of the liberties of the Duke of Norfolk, Crown street
Mutimer, Edward, Bee Hive, Crown street
Newdick, William, farmer, Heywood
Nunn, Richard C., auctioneer and estate agent, Mere street
Payne, Henry, boot and shoe maker, Market place
Payne, John, Red Lion, the Common
Payne, Jonathan, the Cock, Bridge street
Payne, Mrs., Railway tavern, Common
Pearce, Thomas, boot and shoemaker, St. Nicholas’ street
Plummer, John, farmer, Mount street
Poll, Wm., confectioner, Mere street
Quadling, Benjamin, timber and coal merchant, common
Rands, Israel, gardener, Crown street
Rayner, William, coal merchant, Mount street
Read, John, shopkeeper, St. Nicholas’ street
Ready, Richard, boot and shoe maker, Church street
Reeve, John, saddle and harness maker, Crown street
Robinson, Elizabeth and Rose, day and boarding establishment for young ladies, Mount street
Robinson, John, linen and woollen draper, Market-place
Rogers, Mrs., Crown commercial inn, Crown street
Roper, Miss Hannah, dressmaker, Mount street
Rose, Frederick R., surgeon, the Common
Rout, John, bricklayer, Roydon road
Ruffell, Henry, builder, Church street
Sayer, John W., miller, the Common
Scrivener, Edward, watch and clock maker, Common
Slack, Richard, proprietor to the Gas Works and shoeing smith, Back lane
Smith, Edward, medical botanist, Crown street
Smith, Edmund, farmer, Heywood
Spink, Henry, butcher, Church street
Spurling, William, farmer, Walcot green
Stollery, Charles, farmer, Westby green
Taylor, Dennis, watch and clock maker, silversmith, and jeweller, Mere street
Taylor, Thomas L., brewer, wine and spirit merchant, Crown street
Teasdel, Henry, ironmonger and bar-iron merchant, Mere street
Tippell, Robert, boot and shoe maker, Crown street
Tovell, William, fishmonger, Back lane
Turrell, William, butcher, Market place
Wallace, Edward, solicitor, Roydon road
Ward, Henry, surgeon, Crown street
Ward, John, the Chequers, Bridge street
Ward, William, the Bell, Market place
Welham, Robert, builder, Mount street
Welham, Sarah, the Dolphin, Church street
Welham, Thomas, hair dresser and wig maker, Mere street
Wells, Frederic, farmer, Heywood
Whaite, Sabina, ironmonger, tin plate worker, brazier, and ironfounder, Market-place
Whitehead, —, hair dresser and bird preserver, Mere street
Whitrod, Benjamin, watch and clock maker, &c., Market tower
Wilkinson, Joseph, solicitor, Common
Witting, Charles, tea-dealer, Church street
Woodrow, Charles, farmer, Walcot green
Woodrow, Richard, baker, &c., Saint Nicholas’ street
Woodrow, Samuel, boot and shoe maker, Crown street
Woodrow, William, baker and confectioner, Market square
Wright, George, the White Horse, Market place
Wright, George, the Cherry Tree, Roydon road