GENUKI: Norfolk: Briston, Norfolk

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Hunt's Directory of East Norfolk with Part of Suffolk, 1850

BRISTON, a small town, consisting chiefly of detached residences, and having a weekly market on Tuesday for swine and cattle, is distant about 4½ miles S. by W. of Holt, and 17 N.N.W. of Norwich. It is situated near the main road between Aylsham and Holt, near one of the sources of the small river Bure, and is surrounded by scenery teeming with rural beauty.

A capital cattle Fair takes place on May 26th, (or on the Monday following if that date falls on Saturday or Sunday,) when a large amount of business is transacted; and we may add that the general trade of this little town is good and permanent, eclipsing in extent that of many other places possessing a much larger population.

For a series of years great attention has been paid by a parishioner, Mr. Josiah Hill, to the breeding, feeding, and improving Leicester Rams, of which he has an annual show, for sale or hire, and also has submitted to public competition, by auction-mart, at the May fair, an extensive stock of fat cattle, sheep and swine.

The parish, which is divided into several manors, comprises an area of 2757 acres, and the population in 1841 was 963. Post-Office, at Charles Wiggett's. Letters delivered at 9 a.m. and despatched to Norwich and all parts, via Holt, at 3 p.m.

         Adkins     Saml.             joiner & wheelwright
         Bainbridge Gabriel           bricklayer
         Bainbridge John              bricklayer
         Bird       Miss Maria
         Bird       Rev. James Walter
         Blomfield  Rev. George       (curate)
         Blomfield  William           glover
         Blyth      Josiah            tailor
         Burton     Joseph            butcher
         Chapman    Stephen           national school
         Cletheroe  Hy.               joiner & wheelwright
         Cletheroe  William           baker
         Coleman    John              surgeon
         Court      George            'Chequers,' & horse breaker
         Dack       Robert Jno.       tailor & draper
         Drewary    John              blacksmith
         Empson     Wm.               boot and shoe and flour dealer
         Goodwin    William           plumber, &c.
         Locksmith  Richard           'Half Moon'
         Mower      Henry             miller and baker
         Neale      Thomas            carpenter
         Nickalls   Isaac             carpenter & wheelwright
         Palmer     William           beer shop
         Parke      Joshua            wheelwright and parish clerk
         Pegg       William           hair dresser
         Pointer    John              blacksmith
         Rook       John              butcher
         Rudd       John              saddler
         Sykes      Thomas            merchant's clerk
         Taylor     Henry             tailor
         Wiggett    Charles           shopkeeper
         Williams   John              tailor and grocery dealer
         Williamson James             beer retailer and grocery dealer
         Williamson Henry             'Horse Shoes'
         Woodcock   John Gresham      wine, spirit, and seed merchant,
                                        grocer and draper, agent to the
                                        Norwich Equitable Fire Office
         Woods      Bartholomew       millwright
         Woods      Edmund            veterinary surgeon
         Wrench     Mr. Peter Elwin
 
                               Farmers.
 
         Baker      William           Hill       Josiah (breeder and valuer)
         Bradfield  Matthew           Joy        John
         Brownsell  John              May        Simon  (and shoemaker)
         Buck       Thomas            Palmer     William
         Denny      James             Reeve      Edward
         Duffield   Thomas            Rix        George
         Emery      Elizabeth         Spooner    George
         Gay        William           Williamson John
         Gresham    John William      Williamson Thomas
                                      Woodcock   John Gresham

CARRIERS to Norwich, Carr, and Coe, Tues. and Fri. at 10 morn.; also Daglass, Saturday at 6 morn.

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Hunt's Directory of East Norfolk with Part of Suffolk, 1850