Norfolk: Gazetteers and Directories

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883

This is the full text from the title page, though the fonts have not been reproduced.
The contents are below.

HISTORY, GAZETTEER AND DIRECTORY
OF
NORFOLK,
INCLUDING THE
CITY OF NORWICH,
AND COMPRISING
A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTY
AND SEPARATE
HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS
OF ALL THE
HUNDREDS, BOROUGHS, TOWNS, PORTS, PARISHES, TOWNSHIPS, CHAPELRIES,
VILLAGES, HAMLETS, MANORS, AND UNIONS;
THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH;
THE SEATS OF THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY;
MAGISTRATES AND PUBLIC OFFICERS,
AND A GREAT VARIETY OF
ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, AGRICULTURAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, BOTANICAL, GEOLOGICAL, AND ORNITHOLOGICAL INFORMATION.
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FOURTH EDITION.
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BY WILLIAM WHITE,
AUTHOR OF SIMILIAR WORKS FOR
SUFFOLK; LINCOLNSHIRE; LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND; DEVONSHIRE; HAMPSHIRE; AND OTHER COUNTIES.
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Price, Cloth, 30s; Half-bound, 35s.
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SHEFFIELD:
WILLIAM WHITE, HOOLE'S CHAMBERS, BANK STREET.
LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO.
1883.

[Entered at Stationers' Hall.]

The title page is followed by the following sections. They are gradually being transcribed and put online - see the links.

• Preface
• Index of Places
• Index of Principal Subjects (General)
• Norwich Index of Subjects
• Yarmouth Index of Subjects
• King's Lynn Index of Subjects
• Index to Advertisers
• Trades Index to Advertisers
• Trade Marks Index
• High Sheriffs of Norfolk since 1828
• A List of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Norfolk
• Seats of the Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry in Norfolk
• Norfolk Court of Sewers
• List of Fairs in Norfolk
• Population Abstracts
• Additions and Corrections
• General History and Description of the County of Norfolk
  This part of the book consists of about 100 pages, and transcriptions will be put online as each section is done.
  • Page 17: Climate
  • Page 20: Fens, &c.
  • Page 23: Railways
  • Page 30: Parliamentary Representation
  • Page 33: Petty Sessional Divisions
  • Page 39: County Courts
  • Page 44: Military Organisation
  • Page 114: Occupations, from the Census Return of 1871
• Norfolk Towns, Parishes, and Villages, arranged in Alphabetical Order
  • There are many transcriptions online of individual places.
    See the Towns and Parishes pages.
• Norfolk Professions and Trades
• White's Professional and Commercial Advertising Directory

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January 2007