Norfolk: Tatterford

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

TATTERFORD, a small parish in the vale of the Wensum, 4 miles W.S.W. of Fakenham, is in Walsingham union, Fakenham county court district, Gallow petty sessional division and hundred, Norwich bankruptcy court district, Fakenham polling district of West Norfolk, Burnham rural deanery, and Norfolk archdeaconry. It had 89 inhabitants in 1881, living on 957 acres, and has a rateable value of £1430. The parish belongs to J. S. Scott Chad, Esq., who is lord of the manor.

The CHURCH (St. Margaret) was entirely rebuilt in 1862, and is a neat Early English edifice, comprising only a nave and chancel; but a spire will be erected near the north-west angle as soon as the necessary funds can be procured.

The east window is of three lancet lights, separated internally by single columns of Purbeck marble, with white stone caps and bases. The west window consists of a large circular light surrounded by smaller ones, and has a novel but pleasing appearance. The flooring is of encaustic tiles, and the benches in the nave, the stalls in the chancel, and the roofs are of varnished pine. The altar-rail is of oak, supported by brass pillars. The lectern is also of brass, and here is a good harmonium.

J. S. Scott Chad, Esq., is patron of the rectory, which was valued in the King's Book at £11 1s. 8d., and is now worth £685 per annum, with that of Tattersett annexed, in the incumbency of the Rev. George Sutton Flack, M.A., who has here 47 acres of glebe and a commodious residence.

The poor have two cottages, left by Diana Drury, in 1747, which have been sold and the money invested in consols.

WALL LETTER-BOX cleared at 4.45 p.m., via Fakenham, which is the nearest Money Order Office.

         Bailey     William         gamekeeper
         Boyd       John T.         Raynham park, E. and M. stationmaster
         Brereton   Charles         farm bailiff
         Flack      Rev. Geo.
                      Sutton, M.A.  rector
         Hilden     George          farmer
         Langley    William         parish clerk
 

See also the Tatterford parish page.

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