Norfolk: Letheringsett

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845

LETHERINGSETT, picturesquely seated in the well-wooded valley of the Glaven, 1½ mile W. of [Holt], has in its parish 273 souls, and 844A. of land, belonging to several owners, the largest of whom is W.H.C. Hardy, Esq., who resides at the Hall, a handsome mansion with a Grecian portico, and beautiful gardens and plantations. His large brewery and malthouse are ornamental buildings, near the river, where a bridge was built by subscription, in 1818. The hall was erected and the grounds planted and laid out by the late W. Hardy, Esq.

The Church (St. Andrew,) has a round tower and three bells, and was built soon after the Conquest, by the Earl of Buckingham. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £12, and now having 27A. of glebe, a good residence, and a yearly rent of £253, awarded in 1839, in lieu of tithes. The Rev. Charles Codd, B.A., is patron and incumbent.

The poor have 3s. a year from the site of a cottage.

DIRECTORY:-

         Burrell   Mr. J.W.
         Cabon     James                  wheelwright
         Codd      Rev. Chas., B.A.       Rectory
         Denness   Mr. Martin
         Hardy     Wm. Hardy Cozens, Esq. brewer and maltster, Hall
         Hardy     Mrs. Mary
         Gates     Thos.                  clerk
         Jeckell   Fras.                  shoemaker
         Jex       Johnson                blacksmith and watchmaker
         Prike     Jas.                   shopkeeper and shoemaker
         Scrimshaw Miss Ann
         Tinker    James                  carpenter
         Webb      James M., Esq.         solicitor, (office Holt)
         White     Samuel                 vict., King's Head
 
            farmers.
 
         Cabon     Thomas                 (owner)
         Claxton   Wm.
         Watson    Wm. R.                 (owner)
         Stimson   Geo.
 

See also the Letheringsett parish page.

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