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

The full text on the title page is as follows. The fonts have not been reproduced.

HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY
OF
NORFOLK,
AND THE
CITY AND COUNTY OF THE CITY OF NORWICH;
Comprising, under a lucid Arrangement of Subjects,
A General Survey of the County of Norfolk,
AND THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH;
WITH SEPARATE
Historical, Statistical, & Topographical
DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE
HUNDREDS, LIBERTIES, UNIONS,
BOROUGHS, TOWNS, PORTS,
PARISHES, VILLAGES, HAMLETS, & MANORS,
SHEWING THEIR EXTENT AND POPULATION;
Their Agriculture, Manufactures, Fisheries, Markets, Fairs, Natural Productions, &c.; their Eminent Men; the Lords of the Manors and Owners of the Soil and Tithes; the Patrons and Incumbents of the Church Livings; the Antiquities, Public Charities, and Institutions; the Civil and Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions; the Names and Addresses of the principal Inhabitants; the
Seats of Nobility and Gentry;
MAGISTRATES & PUBLIC OFFICERS,
And a Variety of other
COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, & STATISTICAL INFORMATION.
In One Volume, with a Map of the County.
_____

Second Edition.
_____

BY WILLIAM WHITE,
AUTHOR OF SIMILIAR WORKS FOR MANY OTHER COUNTIES.
____________________

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR,
BY ROBT. LEADER, INDEPENDENT OFFICE, SHEFFIELD;
And Sold by W. WHITE, 200, Brook Hill, Sheffield;
BY HIS AGENTS, AND THE BOOKSELLERS.
Price to Subscribers, 13s. 6d. in Calf Binding, or 12s. in Boards.
1845.

The title page is followed by the following sections. They are gradually being transcribed and put online - see the links. Note that the places are linked from Index of Places, whereas in the book they are located within their separate hundreds. This is simply to avoid adding about 750 links to this page.

  • Preface
  • Table of Distances from London
  • Index of Places
    • The index is not online, but there are many transcriptions of individual places.
      See the Towns and Parishes pages.
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index to the History of Lynn
  • Index to the History of Yarmouth
  • General History and Description of the County of Norfolk
    This part of the book consists of about 36 pages, and transcriptions will be put online as each section is done.
  • Norwich Index of Subjects
  • History of the City and County of the City of Norwich
  • Norwich Directory
  • History of the Borough and Port of Yarmouth
  • Yarmouth Directory, including South Town and Gorleston
  • East and West Flegg Hundreds
    • All of the entries for the Hundreds have been transcribed.
      See the Hundreds page.
  • Mitford Hundred
  • Launditch Hundred
  • Eynesford Hundred
  • Wayland Hundred
  • South Greenhoe Hundred
  • Grimshoe Hundred
  • Borough of Thetford
  • Shropham Hundred
  • Guiltcross Hundred
  • Forehoe Hundred
  • South Erpingham Hundred
  • Tunstead Hundred
  • Walsham Hundred
  • Blofield Hundred (part 1)
  • King's Lynn, or Lynn Regis
  • King's Lynn Directory
  • Freebridge Marshland Hundred
  • Freebridge-Lynn Hundred
  • Clackclose Hundred
  • Smithdon Hundred
  • Gallow Hundred
  • Brothercross Hundred
  • North Greenhoe Hundred
  • Blofield Hundred (part 2)
  • Humbleyard Hundred
  • Depwade Hundred
  • Diss Hundred
  • Earsham Hundred
  • Holt Hundred
  • North Erpingham Hundred
  • Happing Hundred
  • Taverham Hundred
  • Henstead Hundred
  • Loddon Hundred
  • Clavering Hundred
  • Additions and Alterations

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November 2006