Norfolk: Sidestrand

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

SIDESTRAND, or Syderstrand, on the coast, 3 miles E.S.E. of Cromer, has in its parish 161 souls, and 445 acres of land, partly belonging to Samuel Hoare, Esq., the lord of the manor, and partly to Mr. Flaxman Spurrell.

The CHURCH (St. Michael,) is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at £5. 10s., and now having 2A. 19P. of glebe, and a yearly rent of £106. 12s., awarded in 1838, in lieu of tithes. It was augmented with £200 of Queen Anne's Bounty, in 1810. The Rev. P. Johnson is incumbent, and the patronage is alternately in the Queen, as Duchess of Lancaster, and S. Hoare, Esq.

The poor have 2A. of land at Trimingham.

Directory:-

         Johnson   Rev. Paul   rector
         Fisk      Wm.         twine spinner
         Lee       John        corn miller
 
            farmers.
 
         Blyth     Dennis
         Emery     Jas.        (owner)
         Green     Priest
         Hedge     George
         Playford  Henry       (owner)
         Warnes    James       (owner)
 

See also the Sidestrand parish page.

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