Norfolk: Crownthorpe

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

[Transcription copyright © Paddy Apling]

CROWNTHORPE, a small village and parish, 2 miles W.N.W. of Wymondham, has 111 souls, and 685 acres of land, all (except 16A. 16P. of glebe,) the property of Lord Wodehouse, the patron of the rectory, valued in the King's Book at £4. 12s. 6d., and now having a yearly rent of £150, awarded in 1841, in lieu of tithes.

The Rev. Algernon Wodehouse is the incumbent, and contributed liberally towards the restoration of the Church (St. James,) which was new roofed and handsomely refitted with open seats, &c., in 1844. A commodious Rectory House is about to be erected.

The parish was enclosed in 1777, and the poor have 10s. a year from Hendry's Charity. (See Wymondham.)

Directory:-

         Barker         Meshach       blacksmith
         Harvey         Mrs. Sar.     Cottage
         Howlett        Jph. Gilman   farmer
         Morris         Mattw.        brickmaker and farmer
         Nichols        Edw.          shopkeeper
         Smith          John          farmer
         Wodhouse [sic] Rev. A.       rector
 

See also the Crownthorpe parish page.

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August 1999