GENUKI: Norfolk: Aldborough, Norfolk

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William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1864

ALDBOROUGH, or Alborough, a pleasant village surrounding a level green, 5 miles N. by W. of Aylsham, has in its parish 305 inhabitants and 769 acres of land; and has a small stock fair on the 21st and 22nd of June, unless these dates fall on Friday and Saturday, when it is held on the following Monday and Tuesday.

Part of the parish is in Lord Suffield's manor of Hanworth, but a great part of the soil belongs to Jas. Gay, Esq., who resides at the New Hall, a handsome mansion, which was erected in 1636, and enlarged in 1818, and stands in a well-wooded lawn. The manor of Alborough was long held by the De Herewards, and was carried in marriage by the heiress of T. Parker, Esq., to the Gays, about the close of the 16th century. Jno. Cook and Geo. Gunton, Esqrs., Messrs. John Bone and Wm. Turner, and some smaller owners have also estates here.

The Church (St. Mary) is a neat edifice, which was mostly rebuilt in 1847 at a cost of £750, and comprises nave with north aisle, chancel, and south porch, but no tower. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £8, and now having 24A. of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £200, awarded in 1839, in lieu of tithes. Lord Suffield is patron, and the Rev. John Gudgeon Nelson is the incumbent, and has a good residence built in 1834.

The School is supported by subscription. The Church Land is 2A. 2R. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel here.

POST OFFICE at John Wilkin's. Letters desp. to Norwich, via Hanworth, at 3.30 p.m.

         Bone       Jno.               grocer, draper, & ironmonger
         Braddock   R.F.               schoolmaster
         Breese     Harriet            schoolmistress
         Burwick    Jas.               basketmaker and stationer
         Brown      Frederick          tanner, &c.
         Chapman    Stephen            vict., Black Boys
         Cook       William            corn miller
         Davison    Edward             hairdresser
         Durrant    William            grocer, draper, ironmonger,
                                         brazier, and tinner
         Gay        James, Esq.        New Hall
         Hudson     Randell            ironmonger
         Leeder     Daniel             grocer and dealer
         Miller     John               saddle and harness maker
         Nelson     Rev. John Gudgeon  Rectory
         Overed     James              veterinary surgeon
         Perkins    Charles            clock and watch maker
         Prangley   Thomas             surgeon, The Villa
         Sistern    Maria              milliner and dressmaker
         Spurgeon   Thos.              plumber, painter, &c.
         Spurrell   Misses, Charlotte
                      and Mary
         Ward       William            bricklayer and victualler, Red Lion
         Wilkin     John               boot and shoemaker
         Williamson Hy.                fellmonger and glover
 
                                          FARMERS.
            BAKERS.                     * are owners.
 
         Chapman    Henry            * Bone      John
         Neal       Elijah             Chapman   Stephen
                                       Chapman   William, (and butcher)
            BLACKSMITHS.             * Cook      John; house Thwaite
                                       Ransome   Isaac
         Durrant    Robert           * Turner    William
         Watts      William             
 
            CARPENTERS.                   TAILORS.
 
         Bacon      Ezra               Gotts     Frederick
         Ward       James              Woods     Shore (and parish clerk)

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