Norfolk: Burston

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

BURSTON, 3 miles N.N.E. of Diss, has in its parish 468 souls, and 1405 acres of land, belonging to many owners, and lying in the following manors, (fines arbitrary,) viz., the Rev. T.B. Morris's manors of Brockdish and Melding Hall; the Earl of Albemarle's manor of Winfarthing; and Heydon Hall, belonging to the trustees of the late Charles Layton, Esq.

The Church (Virgin Mary,) is a small fabric, with a wooden belfry. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £16, is in the gift of the Crown, and incumbency of the Rev. Temple Frere. The glebe is about 60A., and the tithes have been commuted for £476 per annum.

Here is a small Wesleyan Chapel.

The poor have 20s. a year, from Chapman's charity and the Town Pightle.

           Bale      Robert        bricklayer
           Dixon     Charles       vict. Crown
           Horn      William       shoemaker
           Jarrett   John          corn miller
           Ling      Joseph        blacksmith
           Reeve     Rev. James    curate
           Vyse      James         joiner
 
              FARMERS. (* are Owners.)
 
           Bell      James
         * Carter    Samuel
         * Dixon     Zach.
           Esling    William
           Esling    John
           Gibson    Joseph
           Gibson    Cornls.
           Green     John
         * Kerry     John
           Last      William
         * Scales    Robert
         * Spurling  Willm.        Hall
           Thurlow   Edmd.
           Tyrrell   George
 
              Grocers, &c.
 
           Booty     Sarah
           Dixon     William
           Hunt      Thomas
           Holmes    James
 

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April 2001