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

[Transcription copyright © Richard Johns]

CALTHORPE, 3½ miles N. of Aylsham, has in its parish 214 souls, and 1056A. 3R. 3P. of land, mostly the property of the Earl of Orford, the impropriator of the rectory, and lord of the manor.

The Church (St. Margaret,) is a discharged vicarage, certified at £27, and valued, in 1831, at £143. The Norwich Charity Trustees are patrons, and the Rev. Wm. Heath Marsh, of Erpingham, is the incumbent. The glebe is 24A. 1R. 17P., and the tithes have been commuted for £140 to the vicar, and £195 per annum to the impropriator.

The Town Lands, &c., given by unknown donors, were mostly exchanged at the enclosure in 1821, and now consist of a house, barn, cottage, and 14A. 1R. 1P., let for £29. 10s. a year, formerly applied with the poor rates, but now distributed in clothing, fuel, &c.

Directory:

         Burrell   John Elden   blacksmith
         Elden     Christopher  wheelwright
         Elden     John         wheelwright
         Lambert   Hy.          shoemaker
         Newstead  Benj.        timber merchant
         Newstead  John E.      grocer and wheelwright
         Platten   Robert       vict., Saracen's Head
 
           Farmers
 
         Gilham    Stephen
         Hook      Rd.
         Horner    Fras.
         Ives      Robert
         Platten   Robert
 

Pp. Newstead and Robert Woods, carriers to Norwich, Wednesday and Saturday.

Hook Hall and Kybald Hall are farm houses.


See also the Calthorpe parish page.

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February 1999