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

[Transcription copyright © Richard Johns]

CORPUSTY is a village and parish, on the south side of the Bure, 5½ miles N.W. by W. of Aylsham, and 6 miles S.S.E. of Holt, containing 449 souls, and 1018A. 2R. 21P. of land, including 49A. of common.

The soil belongs chiefly to Jeremiah Ives and W.E.L. Bulwer, Esqrs., the latter of whom is lord of the manor of Hinton [sic] and Heydon, which extends into this parish; and the former is patron of the vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £4. 12s. 8d., and augmented from 1746 to 1810, with £1000 of Queen Anne's Bounty, though valued in 1831, at only £62. The Rev. Saml. Ashby is the incumbent. The Church (St. Peter,) is a single pile, with a tower and one bell. The great and small tithes have recently been commuted for £256 per annum. 

         Bird       Henry        grocer and tailor
         Blomfield  Wm. & James  butchers
         Calver     Charles      horse dealer
         Emms       John         dealer
         Flogdell   John         baker
         Goldsmith  Samuel       corn miller
         Goldsmith  John B.      book agent
         Jarvis     Wm.          butcher
         Pegg       Peter and
                      Richard    poulterers
         Platten    Robert       tailor and grocer
         Platten    Wm.          shoemaker and vict. Horse Shoes
         Reynolds   Thomas       baker
         Reynolds   Wm.          shoemaker
         Utting     Jas.         carrier & vict. Wheat Sheaf
         Weston     Wm.          bricklayer
 
            FARMERS.                Blacksmiths.
 
         Eacher     John         Eke        John
         Golding    John         Gooch      Js.    farrier
         Kiddell    John         Semmence   Jas.
         Kiddell    George
         Pratt      Benjamin
                                    Wheelwrights, &c.
 
                                 Austin    James
                                 Eke       Jonas
                                 Elmer     George

See also the Corpusty parish page.

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