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

[Transcription copyright © Richard Johns]

ALPINGTON, a pleasant village and parish, on the southern acclivity of a lofty ridge, near Yelverton, 6½ miles S.E. by S. of Norwich, is in Loddon union, hundred, and petty sessional division, Norwich county court and bankruptcy district, Loddon polling district of South Norfolk, Brooke rural deanery, and Norfolk archdeaconry. It had 162 inhabitants in 1881, living on 520 acres, and has a rateable value of £1063. E.W. Trafford, John Youngs and J. Seago, Esqrs., are the chief owners of the soil.

Its church was dilapidated many centuries ago, and no traces of it now remain. The living, a rectory, has been consolidated from an early period with that of Yelverton, on the opposite side of the hill, a parish with which Alpington was united also for the support of the poor till 1836. The tithes of the two parishes have been commuted for about £410 per annum.

The Fuel Allotment, awarded to the poor of Alpington at the enclosure, is 9A. 1R. 31P., let for £18 a year. They have also a share of Rant's Charity, as noticed with Yelverton.

Here is a small National School, supported by the rector of Yelverton, and used by children of both parishes.

BERGH APTON is nearest Post Office; Brooke nearest Money Order Office; and Norwich nearest Telegraph Office and Post Town.

         Baldock    John         vict. Wheel of Fortune
         Belderson  Miss Sarah   shopkeeper
         Dodman     John         machinist
         Freestone  James        farmer
         Hazell     John         shoemaker
         Larkman    T. & W.      market gardeners
         Pitchers   William      farm bailiff
         Preston    James        farmer
         Whitmore   Ephraim      farmer
         Wright     John         market gardener
         Youngs     John         farmer; and brewer at Norwich
         Youngs     W. B.        farmer
 

CARRIERS from Loddon to Norwich pass through on Wed. and Sat.


From ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS on pages 13-16:

Paragraph 3:
  for '9A. 1R. 31P.' read '9A. 2R. 25P.;'
  for '£18' read '£19 12s.'.

Paragraph 4:
  before 'supported' insert 'entirely'.


See also the Alpington parish page.

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