GENUKI: Norfolk: Neatishead, Norfolk

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

NEATISHEAD, 10 miles N.E. of Norwich, is a large village and parish, containing 697 inhabitants, and about 1905 acres of land. This manor was given by Canute, the Dane, to his Abbey of St. Bennet's at Holm, so that the Bishop of Norwich is now patron of the church, impropriator of the great tithes, and lord of the manor; but a great part of the soil belongs to his lessee, Sir J.H. Preston; besides whom here are several smaller proprietors.

The CHURCH (St. Peter) is a small edifice with a belfry, being only the chancel of the original building, which was extensive, and had a lofty tower and spire of the age of Edward IV. A new gallery was erected by subscription in 1840. Over the present west door are some remains of rich tabernacle work, which originally decorated a monument of one of the Cubitt family.

The vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £3. 13s. 1½d., and in 1831, at £201, has 46A. of glebe, and is now enjoyed by the Rev. John Heaton Champion de Crespigny. The tithes were commuted in 1841, for the yearly payments of £301 to the appropriator, and £175 to the vicar.

The Poor's Allotments, awarded at the enclosure, in 1808, comprise 48A. 34P., of which 15A. 26P. is let for £10. 10s. a year, and the remainder, which lies in Irstead, is used for cutting turf for the poor, but the "sweepage" is let for about £10. The poor have also eight cottages and gardens, and 3A. 21P., left by Widow King and others. To these premises, 2A. 5P. was allotted at the enclosure, and the whole are now let at rents amounting to £27. 16s. per annum, which is distributed in coals, &c.

           Allen      Sarah        beer seller
           Baldwin    James        bricklayer
           Bloom      Wm.          blacksmith
           Bowles     John         saddler and grocer
           Coob [sic] Wm.          wheelwright
           Cook       Mordecai     grocer, draper, and ironmonger
           Cubitt     Benjamin     yeoman
           Dix        Rev Thomas,
                        B.A.       curate
           England    Charles      gardener
           Guyton     John         tailor and draper
           Hutson     A.H.         veterinary surgeon
           Langham    Mr Wm.
           Moore      Wm.          schoolmaster
           Morton     Mrs A.
           Pebbles    Thomas       joiner
           Pratt      Henry
           Remmends   Mr John
           Savage     Thomas       butcher
           Spanton    Humphrey     blacksmith
           Spanton    Jonth.       plumber & glazier
           Spanton    Wm. N.       blacksmith
           Spurgeon   Rev -        Baptist minister
           Smith      Samuel       tailor, Post Office
           Watts      Robert       vict. White Horse
         
              FARMERS.               Shoemakers.
           (* are Yeomen)
 
           Allcock    George       Banham    John
           Bayes      Samuel       Grimes    Benjamin
           Clowes     John         Jones     John
         * Cubitt     Charles      Meek      Wm.
           Howard     Benj.
           Mallett    Joshua
           Parr       Thomas
         * Riches     Wm.
           Watts      Robert

POST from Norwich daily.

Carriers to Norwich, &c. Wed. and Sat.

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