HETHERSETThas a railway station on the Eastern Counties’ Railway. This village is in Humbleyard hundred; 3 miles from Wymondham, and 6 from Norwich. There is a chapel for Wesleyans; also a National and British school for boys and girls, which are both well attended. The living is a rectory, with that of Canteloffe annexed, in the gift of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. The present incumbent is the Rev. William Reynolds Collett, M.A. The Oak of Reformation, under which the two Ketts and their associates took a solemn oath in 1549 to reform the abuses of Church and State, is still to be seen on the road from Wymondham to Hethersett. The population is 1209. John Henry Gurney, Esq., M.P., and Henry Back, Esq., are the chief landowners. The station is in Ketteringham, about a mile distant.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Andrew, Rev. William Wayte, M.A., incumbent of Ketteringham, Wood hall
Back, Alfred, Esq.
Back, Henry, Esq. Hethersett hall
Baker, Mr. Benjamin, Lynch green
Brown, The Misses
Collett, Rev. William Reynolds, M.A., Rectory
Cook, Mr. Thomas
Dickman, Mr. John
Langford, Capt. George
Norgate, Col. Charles
COMMERCIAL.
Bailey, Jonathan, boot and shoe maker
Bailey, Robert, bricklayer
Bale, Mrs. S., butcher and brickmaker
Barber, William, hairdresser
Buckingham, Nicholas, farmer
Buckingham, William, farmer
Bush, Robert, farmer, Dairy farm
Clarke, Mrs. Julia, shopkeeper
Clarke, Rowland, baker
Cunningham, W., boot and shoe maker
Curson, John, boot and shoe maker
Curson, John, builder and brickmaker
Eldridge, James, schoolmaster
Eldridge, Mrs. Maria, schoolmistress
Emms, Mrs. Mary, straw bonnet maker, Miller’s row
Fisk, Ed., saddler and harness maker
Ford, William, King’s Head
Fox, James, Greyhound
Harvey, J., agricultural machine maker
Herne, Thomas, blacksmith
Hickling, T., saddler and harness maker
Hood, John, jun., farmer
Howard, David, butcher
Ireland, Robert, carpenter, Lynch green
HOLVERSTONE, in Henstead hundred and union, 5 miles from Norwich, contains 345 acres of land, which mostly belongs to the executors of the late John Marcon, Esq., of Swaffham. The church of St. Mary was dilapidated some centuries ago, and no part of it now remains. The rectory is in three medieties, united to Rockland St. Marys, Bergh Apton, and Hillington. The population, in 1851, was 30.
COMMERCIAL.
Andrews, Jesse, farmer and poor’s rate collector, The Hall
Andrews, William, farmer
Sussams, Darius, market gardener
HORSFORDis a scattered village and parish, between 4 and 5 miles from Norwich, belonging principally to Viscount Ranelagh, and Sir Thomas B. Lennard, Bart., who is lord of the manor. The population is about 700. The living is a vicarage, held by the Rev. William Atthill M.A.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Armes, Mrs. Sarah
Atthill, Rev. William, M.A., Vicarage
Day, James, Esq.
Gill, John Brooke, Esq.
Mc’Donald, Mrs.
Sambourne, Miss
COMMERCIAL.
Andrews, Alfred, boot and shoe maker
Andrews, Robert, farmer
Armes, Mrs. Rachel, dressmaker
Armes, Robert, parish clerk
Baker, Charles, farmer
Baker, Henry, farm bailiff
Baker, John, farmer
Barrett, Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer
Barrett, Samuel, farmer
Blyth, Philip, farmer
Bowles, Benjamin Robert, farmer
Bunn, John, bricklayer
Bunn, Mrs. Sarah, farmer
Bunn, William, joiner
Canham, John, farmer and landowner
Chapman, James, beer retailer
Chubbock, Henry, Spotted Dog inn
Chubbock, Robert, butcher
Cole, James, The Crown inn
Crome, Samuel, farmer
French, Wallace, butcher and grocer
Frost, John, farmer
Greaves, Thomas and James, farmers
Greaves, John Snelling, farm bailiff
Greaves, William, farm bailiff
Harsent, Samuel, market gardener
Harvey, William, boot and shoe maker
Howe, William, bricklayer
Hutton, John and William, farmers
Lacy, Pamela, day school
Lacy, Virtue, dressmaker
March, James, farmer
March, Jeremiah, carpenter
Oliver, Mrs. Mary, beer retailer
Pratt, William, farmer
Punt, Abraham, farmer
Punt, Elijah, farmer
Pye, Theophilus, baker and shopkeeper
Reeve, Edmund, farmer
Rice, Richard, coachmaker
Springle, Elijah, bricklayer
Wade, John, blacksmith
Wade, Walter, shoemaker
Walker, Mrs. Elizabeth, shopkeeper
Williamson, Frederick, farmer
Williamson, Mrs. Martha, dressmaker
Wortley, Robert, farmer
HORSHAM ST. FAITHandNEWTON ST. FAITHare two villages forming one parish, generally known as “St. Faith’s,” from 4 to 5 miles from Norwich, in Taverham hundred. There were, in 1851, 923 inhabitants in Horsham, and 288 in Newton. The parish comprises 2700 acres, belonging to several proprietors, the largest of whom is Viscount Ranelagh, who is lord of the manor and patron of the living, a perpetual curacy, held by the Rev. William Atthill, M.A., of Horsford. The Wesleyans have a chapel in each village.
HORSHAM ST. FAITH.
PRIVATE RESIDENT.
Priestley, William Stanton, Esq.
COMMERCIAL.
Barker, Edmund, veterinary surgeon
Blyth, John, boot maker
Bridger, John, boot maker
Cable, Robert, King’s Head
Carman, Philip, farmer, and superintendent registrar
Cook, James, farmer
Cook, William Warner, farmer
Cooper, James, market gardener
Cox, Mrs. Charlotte Maria, schoolmistress to Union
Cox, William Salisbury, schoolmaster to Union
Dickerson, Mrs. Ann, matron of Union
Dickerson, James, master of Union
Eglinton, Richard, farmer and miller
Harper, Miss Elizabeth, shopkeeper
Leamon, Edmund, market gardener
Livock, Thomas, farmer
Lovick, John, beer retailer, and farmer
Lovick, Samuel, shopkeeper
Newton, William, boot maker
Norm, Mrs. Eve Elizabeth, market gardener, and beer retailer
Pearce, John, blacksmith
Priestley, William Stanton, surgeon
Randall, H., saddler and harness maker
Ryner, Allen, tailor
Reynolds, Edward, farmer, Elm farm
Reynolds, Jas., corn and seed merchant
Reynolds, Mrs. Kerenhappuch, farmer
Reynolds, Samuel, farmer
Rice, James, Black Swan, butcher and postmaster
Rice, James, jun., butcher and dealer
Richards, Robert, relieving officer, and registrar of births and deaths
Scarnett, John, farmer, builder, and registrar of marriages
Scarnett, John, junr., blacksmith and grocer
Scarnett, John, senr., carpenter
Turner, Edward, farmer
West, John, farmer
Webb, Benjamin, shopkeeper and basket maker
Woodcock, Samuel, The Crown
Yarrington, Henry, market gardener
NEWTON ST. FAITH.
COMMERCIAL.
Batley, Stephen, chair maker
Bullard, R., jun., shopkeeper and butcher
Bullard, Robert, senr., farmer
Cooper, John, shopkeeper
Newton, Richard, boot maker
Palmer, Benjamin, licensed hawker
Pointer, Edmund, The Crown
Pointer, George, shopkeeper
Reynolds, James, farmer
Reynolds, Joshua, farmer
Smith, John, shoemaker
Woodcock, Joseph, farmer
Woodcock, Mark, cattle dealer
INTWOOD, a small village, near Hethersett station, 3½ miles from Norwich, containing upwards of 600 acres of land, all the property of Joseph Salisbury Muskett, Esq., of Eaton. The living is a rectory, consolidated with that of Keswick, of the joint annual value of £350, in the gift of J. S. Muskett, Esq.; the Rev. Edmund Saul Dixon is the incumbent, and the Rev. William Cufaude Davie, M.A., of Cringleford, curate. Hudson Gurney, Esq., is lord of the manor.
PRIVATE RESIDENT.
Bacon, Richard, Noverre, Esq., Intwood hall
COMMERCIAL.
Allden, William Spratt, farmer
Cannell, Henry, parish clerk
KESWICK, a small parish in Humbleyard hundred and Henstead union, 3 miles from Norwich. The population, in 1851, was 126. The parish, which contains 722 acres of land, belongs principally to Hudson Gurney, Esq., who is lord of the manor, and occupies the New hall. Of the church nothing remains but part of the round tower. The rectory is consolidated with that of Intwood.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Birkbeck, Mrs., Old Hall
Gurney, Hudson, Esq., New Hall
COMMERCIAL.
Beezer, John, postmaster
Blomfield, Miles, miller
Edwards, T., farmer and land agent
KIRBY BEDON, in Henstead hundred, 3 miles from Norwich, contains 300 inhabitants and 1360 acres of land, belonging to the lords of the manor, Sir H. J. Stracey, Bart., and Charles Lombe, Esq., and to Mrs. Woolsey. The living is a rectory, annual value £200, with residence in the gift of Henry Muskett, Esq., and is now held by the Rev. E. Day.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Day, Rev. Edward, A.B., Rectory
Harvey, William, Esq.
Woolsey, Mrs. Maria
COMMERCIAL.
Bird, William, farmer
Butcher, James, farm bailiff
Clare, Charles, farmer
Crowe, Charles Bunn, carpenter and wheelwright
Crowe, Simon R., carpenter and wheelwright
Horne, Robert, Stracey Arms
Mallett, James, parish clerk
Money, William F., farmer
Neave, Richard, shopkeeper and market gardener
Varvill, James, bricklayer
Varvill, James, sen., farmer
LITTLE MELTON, a scattered parish, with 379 inhabitants, principally small farmers and agricultural labourers, is in Humbleyard hundred, and Henstead union. The lord of this manor is Charles Lombe, Esq. The living is a vicarage, of the annual value of £110, with residence, in the patronage of Emanuel College, Cambridge; the incumbent is the Rev. John Charles Barkley, M.A. There is a village school for boys and girls, supported by voluntary contributions.
PRIVATE RESIDENT.
Barkley, Rev. John Charles, M.A., incumbent, Parsonage
COMMERCIAL.
Aldred, Thomas Dove, farmer
Aves, John, farmer
Blyth, William, market gardener
Drane, William Tuttell, surveyor and valuer, and manufacturer of cattle food, and at Norwich
Eden, Edmund, market gardener
Fisher, Thomas, farmer
Forster, Tho., parish clerk and farmer, Corporation farm
Fox, Edmund, plumber, painter and glazier
Girling, The Misses Elizabeth and Juliana, shopkeepers
Goward, Mary Ann, schoolmistress
Hipperson, S., bricklayer and farmer
Kemp, John, market gardener
Lovett, John, shopkeeper
Reynolds, Miss Maria, beer retailer and shopkeeper
Ringer, Daniel, farmer, Low common
Thompson, James, market gardener
Wright, Frederick, miller
MARKSHALL, orMattishall Heath, 2½ miles from Norwich, contains but 4 houses and 26 inhabitants. The land belongs chiefly to Mrs. H. Dashwood, of Caistor St. Edmund, with which, the church having been desecrated, the parish has long been consolidated in ecclesiastical matters.
PRIVATE RESIDENT.
Gillett, Mrs.
COMMERCIAL.
Gillett, Thomas, farmer
MULBARTON, in Humbleyard hundred, and Henstead union, 5 miles from Norwich, contains 587 inhabitants, and 1350 acres of land. The living is a rectory, with that of Kenningham annexed, joint annual value £606, in the gift of the Rev. J. H. Steward, and the Rev. Richard Gay Lucas, B.A., the incumbent. The Rev. J. H. Steward, M.A., and Sir William Bellairs, Knt., are the chief landowners; the former being lord of the manor. There is a school on the National system.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Bellairs, Capt. Edmund Hook Wilson, Mulbarton lodge
Lucas, Rev. Richard Gay, B.A., J.P., Rectory
Squires, Mr. Paul
COMMERCIAL.
Banham, Joshua, carpenter
Barrell, Mrs. Charlotte, shopkeeper
Barrell, William, miller
Blake, John, butcher
Blake, Robert, butcher and farmer
Blomfield, Dennis, miller
Catchpole, John, boot and shoe maker
Fiddymont, Samuel, farmer
Forster, Charles, farmer
Francis, George, plumber, painter and glazier
Girling, Robert, pork butcher
King, Randall, farmer
Lain, John, farmer
Mitchell, Mrs. Mary Ann, shopkeeper
Rice, James, blacksmith
Petchell, Mark Bean, boys’ school, and registrar of births and deaths
Rice, John, baker
Rice, R., beer retailer and wheelwright
Spratt, Andrew, parish clerk
Todd, Miss Harriett, shopkeeper and postmistress
Todd, William, World’s End inn, and collector of taxes
Turner, James, landowner, farming his own land
Turner, John, farmer
Youngman, Miss Fanny, schoolmistress
NEWTON ST. FAITH—see Horsham St. Faith.
PLUMSTEAD (GREAT), a small parish in Blofield hundred, distant from Norwich 5 miles. The population, in 1851, was 359. The living is a perpetual curacy, annual value £100, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich; the incumbent is the Rev. Edward Cole, M.A.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Campbell, Alexander, F., Esq.
Cole, Rev. Edward, M.A.
COMMERCIAL.
Barker, Peter, farmer
Browne, Robert, farmer
Crow, Frederick, carpenter
Forster, Francis, farmer
George, William, wheelwright
Goose, William, farmer
Gosling, John, farmer
Lond, John, shoemaker
Maidstone, R., parish clerk, and postmaster
Newman, Robert, farmer
Pyle, Henry, Hare inn
Scott, Jonathan, farmer
Simmons, Francis, shoemaker
Sutton, Francis, blacksmith
Tills, John, farmer
PLUMSTEAD (LITTLE), in Blofield hundred, distant 5 miles from Norwich, contains about 300 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, and the Rev. John Leatherdale is the incumbent.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Gaze, Mr. Charles
Leatherdale, Rev. John
Moss, Charles
COMMERCIAL.
Boast, Moses, farmer
Boughton, John, farmer
Bunn, Samuel, Bookmakers’ Arms
Chamberlain, Charles, shoemaker
Crow, Robert, farmer
Dye, George, farmer
Harmer, William, carpenter
Nicholls, Fitt, carpenter and wheelwright
Read, Clare Sewell, farmer
Stevens, William John, farmer
POSTWICK, a small village in Blofield hundred, 2 miles from Brundall station, and 4 from Norwich, contains 271 inhabitants. The Earl of Rosebery is lord of the manor and patron of the benefice. The living is a rectory, held by the Rev. Charles Ford, M.A., who resides here. The whole parish belongs to the Earl of Rosebery, except the detached marshes.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Ford, Rev. Charles, M.A., Rectory
Gostling, Mrs. Ann
COMMERCIAL.
Attoe, G., wheelwright and postmaster
Attoe, Miss Mary, mistress of National school
Edwards, James, shopkeeper
Gillett, Cyrus, farmer, Hall
Goose, William Norman, farmer
Hood, Peter, blacksmith
Parker, James, farmer
Parker, John William, farmer
Pummell, James, parish clerk
Seeley, John, farmer
RACKHEATH, in the Taverham hundred, 4½ miles from Norwich, has a population of nearly 200 inhabitants, and 2000 acres of land. Sir H. J. Stracey, Bart., who resides at the Hall, is lord of the manor and patron of the living. There is a village school supported by Sir H. J. Stracey.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Hodgson, Rev. Frederick, M.A., rectory
Stracey, Sir Henry, Bart., the Hall
COMMERCIAL.
Barnes, George, farmer
Clarke, John, Green Man
Forder, Joseph, blacksmith
Gillingwater, Edward, farmer
Kemp, William, farmer
Jones, Mrs. Catherine, mistress of free school
Utting, Henry, farmer
Watts, Robert, farmer
SHOTTESHAM ALL SAINTS, orHigh Shottesham, a village 2 miles from Swainsthorpe station, and 6 from Norwich, is in Henstead hundred and union. The area of the parish is 1591 acres, nearly all of which belong to Robert Fellowes, Esq., the lord of the manor and patron of the vicarage, to which those of Shottesham St. Mary, St. Botolph, and the rectory of St. Martin, are annexed. The Rev. Charles Fellowes, M.A., is the present incumbent. The two parishes have the privilege of sending eight poor people to the East Greenwich Hospital. There is a school in the parish, supported by R. Fellowes, Esq., and the Rev. C. Fellowes.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Fellowes, Rev. Charles, M.A., vicar, Vicarage
Merry, Francis William, Esq.
COMMERCIAL.
Barnes, William, pork butcher
Baxter, Robert, market gardener
Baxter, Thomas, farmer
Boyce, Francis, maltster and farmer
Burgess, Thomas, farmer
Burgess, Thomas, jun., farmer
Cutts, William, Duke’s Head inn, and blacksmith
Cutts, William and Co., artificial manure manufacturers
Godfrey, Thomas, farmer
Gooch, James, shopkeeper, agent for British Economical manure, and postmaster
Harvey, Mrs. Maria, shopkeeper
Herne, Miss Mercy, shopkeeper
Huggins, Thomas, farmer
Huggins, William, farmer
King, G., Crown, and market gardener
Martins, Charles, shoemaker and carrier
Merry, Francis William, surgeon
Mitchell, John, shopkeeper
Nicholls, Mrs. Anderlinda, milliner and dressmaker
Parfitt, Robert, butcher; and at Brooke
Purday, H., tailor and woollen draper
Riches, G., shoemaker and parish clerk
Riches, Jeremiah, beer retailer and market gardener
Sayer, James, rat destroyer
Tyrell, Abraham, butcher
White, T., carpenter and wheelwright
White, Mrs. M. A., parish schoolmistress
Whiting, Samuel, shoemaker
Wilson, Philip, shopkeeper
Winter, John, farmer, and poor’s rate collector
SHOTTESHAM ST. MARY, orLow Shottesham, comprises the parishes of St. Mary, St. Martin, and St. Botolph, and is situated 5 miles from Norwich, in Henstead hundred and union. The parish contained, in 1851, a population of 352. The church of St. Mary is a small edifice, in good condition; but St. Martin’s and St. Botolph’s have been in ruins for several centuries. Their benefices, with the rectory of St. Martin, were consolidated with Shottesham All Saints soon after the Reformation. Charles Fellowes, M.A., is the incumbent. Shottesham Park is the seat of Robert Fellowes, Esq., who is lord of the manor. A small school was established in 1852, by Mrs. Fellowes, the average attendance at which is 52.
PRIVATE RESIDENT.
Fellowes, Robert, Esq., Shottesham park
COMMERCIAL.
Boyce, F., plumber, painter and glazier
Brighton, Henry, machine thrasher
Grice, Saul, farmer
Lee, Walter, farmer
Martin, J., shoemaker and shopkeeper
Miles, John Wakelin, corn miller, merchant, and farmer
Raven, William Beverley, farmer
Sayer, Mrs. Mary, farmer
Smart, — land agent
Warmoll, John, farmer
Welley, Mrs. Mary, mistress of parish school
SPIXWORTH, in Taverham hundred, 4 miles north of Norwich, contains about 2000 acres of land, and in 1851, the population was 41. The church of St. Peter, a neat building, with chancel, one aisle, and small tower, contains a large handsome monument to the memory of the Pecks, and several to the Longes and others. The living is a rectory, annual value £362, with residence, in the gift of John Longe, Esq., and held by the Rev. Henry Howes, M.A.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Howes, Rev. Henry, M.A., Parsonage
Longe, John, Esq., The Hall
COMMERCIAL.
Eaton, George, farmer
Graver, William, blacksmith
Holmes, Benjamin, farmer
Porter, Mrs. Jane, farmer, The Grange
SPROWSTONis an extensive village in the Taverham hundred, 3 miles from Norwich, with a population of upwards of 1300. The living is a curacy, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich, and the present incumbent is the Rev. H. Banfather.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Aldridge, John
Anderson, William
Banfather, Rev. Henry, B.D.
Chambers, John William, Esq.
Cobb, Mrs.
Gale, Mr. William
Harman, Leonard
Hastings, Edmund, Esq.
Kitton, John, Esq.
Loose, Charles, Esq.
Massingham, Henry Alpe, Esq.
Pratt, William, Esq.
Riches, Robert, Esq.
Rushmare, William, Esq.
Slade, Daniel Davis, Esq.
Stewart, Isaac, Esq.
Stracey, Edward, The Lodge
COMMERCIAL.
Andrews, F., blacksmith, wheelwright, carpenter, and postmaster
Atkinson, Robert, farmer
Austin, Edward, wind saw mills
Bacon, C., brickmaker, steam sawing mills, and farmer
Bacon, Thomas, market gardener
Barker, John, market gardener
Barnes, George, farmer
Blake, Benjamin, butcher
Blake, George, brickmaker
Bond, Henry, miller
Browne, David, seedsman and florist
Burrows, John, baker and grocer
Burrows, P., Norfolk and Norwich Arms
Burrows, Thomas, yeoman, The Ship
Catton, Richard, market gardener
Chambers, John William, farmer
Chilvers, John, blacksmith
Crumpton, William, farmer
Cutler, John, market gardener
Durrant, William, relieving officer, and registrar of births and deaths
Easton, Isaac, baker
Edwards, William, lime burner
Edwards, T., lime burner and postmaster
Edwards, Thomas P., agent to the British Life Insurance Society
Everett, John, steward to Col. Stracey
Fitt, John, market gardener
Fox, John, carpenter
Gale, Mrs. Miriam, midwife
George, George, butcher
Gilbert, James, plumber and glazier
Goodson, Henry, hurdle maker
Harrison, Edmund, farmer
Hudson, Charles, beer retailer
Jarmy, Thomas, brickmaker
Lloyd, Mrs. Hannah, farmer
Ludkins, David, farmer
Ludkins, Richard, farmer
Olyott, Thomas, Blue Boar and farrier
Pearce, Miss Ann, straw bonnet maker
Peart, William, tailor
Perowne, Miss Mary Ann, farmer, Denmark farm
Poll, David, brickmaker
Read, John, steward to Mr. Kitton
Robertson, George, flour miller
Rolfe, Matthew, shoemaker
Sidney, Mrs. Emily, shopkeeper
Sursham, Miss Susan, shopkeeper
Tooley, Jeremiah, cow keeper
Walker, Thomas, baker
Wiley, Jeremiah Cozens, farmer, Oak lodge
Yallop, William, farmer
ST. FAITH’S—see Horsham St. Faith.
STOKE HOLY CROSS, 2 miles from Swainsthorpe station and 5 from Norwich, in Henstead hundred and union, contained, in 1851, 451 inhabitants. The land belongs chiefly to Sir R. J. Harvey, Knt., H. Birkbeck, and R. K. Long, Esqrs. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich, now held by the Rev. John Bailey, A.M. There is a small Baptist chapel, built by Messrs. Colman; and a weekday and Sunday school, supported by Mrs. Birkbeck and the Vicar.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Bailey, Rev. John, M.A., vicar, surrogate and chaplain to Henstead union
Birkbeck, Henry, Esq., The Hall
Cremer, Mr. Charles
Miles, The Misses
COMMERCIAL.
Barnes, Fiddy, parish clerk
Bush, Mrs. Mary Ann, lime burner
Castleton, Elijah, farmer
Claxton, William, farmer
Colman, Henry, manager at Messrs. J. and J. Colman’s mustard and starch manufactory
Dix, Joshua, farmer
Drake, John, farmer
Dunt, Robert, blacksmith
Gunn, Daniel, farmer
Hazell, William, Rummer inn
Hearne, Matthew, farmer
Horne, W., shopkeeper, and postmaster
Lincoln, Robert, bricklayer
Lincoln, Robert, jun., bricklayer
Pearce, Joshua, The Lion
Seago, Jeremiah, farmer
Tillett, John, farmer
Webster, David, farmer
Westrup, Philip, farmer