GENUKI: Norfolk: Surlingham, Norfolk

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

SURLINGHAM, 5 miles E. by S. of Norwich, is a pleasant village on the southern acclivities of the vale of the Yare, comprising in its parish 446 inhabitants, and 1,767A. of land, exclusive of 100A. of broads, (water) and lying chiefly in the manors of Surlingham and Earlham, (fines arbitrary). C.E. Tuck, Esq., is lord of the former, and Robt. Fellowes, Esq., of the latter; but a great part of the soil belongs to other proprietors, several of whom are resident, in neat houses.

Here were formerly two CHURCHES, St. Mary and St. Saviour; but the latter is in ruins, - being dilapidated several centuries ago. The former is a small edifice, with a tower, round at the base, and octangular at the top, and containing four bells. Both were appropriated to the nuns of Carrow Abbey.

The vicarage of St. Mary, and the curacy of St. Saviour, are consolidated, and valued in the King's Book at £6 13s. 4d., and in 1831 at £100; in the presentation of the Bishop of Norwich, and incumbency of the Rev. John Scott. The Rev. Wm. Collett is appropriator of the great tithes and 36A. of glebe. The great and small tithes were commuted in 1845 for £410 per annum. The Church Land, given by John Aluskick [sic], in 1460, was exchanged at the enclosure in 1822, for 37A. 35P., let for about £50.

The Fuel Allotment, awarded at the enclosure, is 23A. 2R. 27P., of which 17A. is let for about £14, and the rest is a morass, let for cutting sedges, and fishing:- £10 is applied in schooling poor children.

           Crake     John            clock maker
           Crake     Robert          corn miller
           Edwards   Saml.           par. clk., & thatcher
           Folkard   Wm.             smith    [see note below]
           Gosling   Rd.             vict., Coldham Hall
           Lodge     Mr. Jno.
           Lynes     Wm.             wheelgt. [see note below]
           Lynes     Mary            school   [see note below]
           Murrell   Gibbs & Thos.,
                       Esqrs.        Lessingham House
           Parker    Saml            vict., Ferry House
           Plow      Wm.             shoemaker
           Scott     Rev. John       Vicarage
           Seager    Thos.           smith    [see note below]
           Sharman   James           wheelwright
 
                              FARMERS.
                          (* are Owners.)
 
         * Barnes    Samuel        * Nichols  Stpn.
           Browne    Robert        * Rudd     John
           Beaumont  Samuel        * Rudd     Emma
           Middleton Thomas          Skipper  Thomas

Note: in the original these are
Folkard Wm., & Seager Thos., smiths
Lynes Wm., wheelgt.; & Mary, school

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