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William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883
[Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
THURGARTON, 6½ miles N. of Aylsham, and 5½ miles S. by W. of Cromer, is a parish in Erpingham union, North Erpingham hundred and petty sessional division, Holt county court district, Norwich bankruptcy court district, Aldborough polling district of North Norfolk, Repps rural deanery, and Norfolk archdeaconry. It had 231 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 961 acres of land. The rateable value is £1760.
The soil belongs to the trustees of W.F.L.B. Windham, Esq., James Gay, and Herbert Cook, Esqs., and Messrs. Richard James Spurrell, George Chapman, and Benjamin Emery Wrench, and several smaller owners; but the Bishop of Norwich is lord of the manor and patron of the living.
The CHURCH (All Saints) is a small thatched building, comprising only nave and chancel, its tower having been taken down in 1882 [sic]. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £9 6s. 8d., has 10 acres of glebe, and a yearly tithe rent-charge of £237 awarded in 1839. The Rev. William Francis Jex-Blake, M.A., is the present rector, and has a good rectory house, built in 1879.
The poor have 26s. a year, left by John Bacon, in 1732.
POST from Norwich, viâ Hanworth. Wall Letter Box cleared at 3.10 p.m. on week days only. Hanworth is the nearest Money Order and Telegraph Office.
Balls Thomas farmer Bone Misses Mary and Sarah Vine cottage Bone & Trollop grocers and drapers, and at Aldborough Chapman George farmer and owner, overseer and surveyor Cook Herbert farmer and owner; h Matlask hall Cooke William miller; h Aldborough Denny Henry auctioneer, valuer, house, land and estate agent, inspector of nuisances for Erpingham union district, agent for the Accident and London and Guarantee Insurance Cos. The Lodge, and at Cromer Gray William shoemaker Horner Geo. fishmonger and carrier Jex-Blake Rev. William Francis, M.A. rector, Rectory Le Reve Robert S. farmer, Hall farm [see note below] Middleton James farmer Nicholson James W. farmer Peart John bricklayer Peart Robert bricklayer & victualler, Bull Inn Pitcher Robert cooper Roper Henry shopkeeper Roper James farm bailiff Spurrell John Hy. saddler & shopkpr Spurrell Richard James farmer and owner, The Hall Temple William farmer Trollop Mrs
CARRIER - George Horner to Aylsham to meet trains on Monday, and to Norwich on Wednesday & Saturday
Note: "Le Reve" should probably be "Le Neve".
See also the Thurgarton parish page.
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December 2008