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

THOMPSON, anciently called Thomestone, is a scattered village and parish, containing 490 souls, and 2218 acres, 3 miles S. by E. of Watton. The soil belongs chiefly to Lord Walsingham and H.D. Hemsworth, Esq.

The former is lord of the manor, and the latter is impropriator of the tithes, patron of the Church, (St. Martin,) in which are the stalls erected for the use of a college or chantry, founded here in the 23rd of Edward III., by Sir Thomas de Shardelow, and his brother John, for six chaplains, to pray for the souls of their ancestors. This college was granted to Sir Edmund Knyvett, at the dissolution.

The perpetual curacy, certified at £20, and valued in 1831 at £49, was augmented, from 1767 to 1824, with £800 of Queen Anne's Bounty. The Rev. James Browne Tompson, L.L.B., of Norwich, is the incumbent.

The common was enclosed in 1815. The Town Land, 18A. 2R. 24P., is let for £28. 10s. a year, which is applied in the service of the church and poor. The Town House is occupied by paupers.

In the church is a large painting of Reuben, shewing the bloody garment, presented by the late Wm. Tooke Howard, Esq.

Thompson Cottage, a neat mansion, with a fine lawn, encompassed by plantations, is the seat of Richd. Palmer, Esq.

         Crook     Christopher     machine maker
         Gaskin    Michael         vict. Chequers
         Leggate   Martha Taylor   shopkpr
         Lock      Charles         corn miller
         Palmer    Richard, Esq.   Cottage
         Poppy     Jeremiah        blacksmith
         Smith     Thomas          beerhouse keeper
         Waters    Daniel          baker
 
            FARMERS.
 
         Anthony   Mattw.
         Batterham Wm.
         Chapman   Richard
         Clarke    Charles         owner
         Francis   Edw.
         Gaskin    George
         Leggate   Robert          (and carpenter)
         Palmer    John
         Snare     George Sheering
         Targate   Henry
         Warren    Wm.

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