GENUKI: Norfolk: Hindolveston, Norfolk

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William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883

HINDOLVESTON, vulgarly called Hilderston, is a parish and large village, 8 miles E. of Fakenham, and 7 miles N.W. of Reepham, in Aylsham union and county court district, Norwich bankruptcy district, Eynsford hundred and petty sessional division, Reepham polling district of North Norfolk, and Sparham rural deanery and Norwich archdeaconry. It has a rateable value of £3815, and had 651 inhabitants in 1881 living on 2490 acres. Lord Hastings is chief owner of the soil and lord of the manor in which the fines are certain.

The CHURCH (St. George), has nave, chancel, north aisle, and square tower with one bell, and has accommodation for 350 persons. In the church is a good brass to the Hunt family. Lord Hastings is impropriator of the great tithes. The Dean and Chapter of Norwich are patrons of the vicarage, which was valued in the King's Book at £6 1s., and augmented in 1810, with £1200 in parliamentary grants, laid out in the purchase of 28 acres of land at Saxlingham; besides which, here are 16 acres of glebe. The Rev. Arthur Gifford Durnford, M.A., who has a good residence, is the incumbent. The great tithes have been commuted for £434 per annum, but the vicar has only a yearly modus of £50.

The Independents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel here.

A SCHOOL BOARD was established here in 1874, and now consists of Rev. A.G. Durnford (chairman), Rev. E. Jones, and Messrs. J.W. Butler, E.W. Beck, and C. Martin. Mr. S. Aberdein is the clerk.

The Poor's Allotments, awarded at the enclosure in 1812, comprise 24A. 3R. 31P.: and the Workhouse Land, enclosed from the waste, under Gilbert's Act, comprises 12A. 1R. 35P. These lands are let for about £41 a year, which is mostly applied with the poor rates. The sum of £35, left by John and Beatrice Bulleye, in 1586 and 1621, for the church and poor, was laid out in the purchase of 4 acres of land, now let for £9, of which £2 10s. are distributed among the poor, and the residue is applied in the service of the church. The poor have also a yearly rent-charge of £2 13s. 4d., left by Sir Thomas Hunt, in 1615, out of land in Kent Street, London. At the Chequers Inn is a lodge of Oddfellows, to which a widows' and orphans' fund is attached.

POST OFFICE at Mrs. M.A. Taylor's. Letters arrive at 7.15 a.m., and are despatched at 5 p.m., and on Sundays at 10 a.m., via East Dereham. Foulsham is the nearest Money Order and Telegraph Office.

         ABERDEIN  Saml.            grocer, draper, glass & china dealer,
                                      farmer, assistant overseer, and insurance
                                      agent, and coal, salt, and manure merchant
         BAMBRIDGE Thomas           farm bailiff
         BARSTARD  Benjamin         farmer
         BARSTARD  Robert           farmer
         BARSTARD  Walter           farmer
         BARSTARD  Wm.              painter, plumber, & glazir.
         BECKHAM   Cyrus            vict. Maid's Head
         BLOMFIELD Thomas           farmer
         BUTLER    John Wm.         farmer; h Barney
         CHAPMAN   Mrs Sarah
         COLEMAN   James            victualler, Chequers
         CRASKE    Saml.            farmer, valuer, and estate agent, Beck farm
         DACK      Robert           blacksmith
         DOBSON    Henry            farm
         DOBSON    William          farmer
         DURNFORD  Rev. Ar.
                     Gifford, M.A.  vicar
         FRARY     Fen              bootmaker
         FULCHER   Mrs Elizabeth    beerhouse
         HARPER    James            bootmaker
         HOLSEY    Charles          farmer
         HOLSEY    John             victualler, Red Lion
         HOLSEY    John, jun.       carrier
         JONES     Rev. Evan        curate
         LOCKETT   William          wheelwright
         MARTIN    Charles          farmer
         PAGE      John             grocer and draper
         PEGG      Geo.             grocr. drpr. & earthenware dlr
         PEGG      John             miller and baker
         PERRY     Mrs Charlotte    baker
         PRATT     William          farmer
         SAMPSON   Henry & Mrs.     Board school master and mistress
         STONEX    William          grocer and draper
         STRINGER  Robert           blacksmith and shopkeeper
         TAYLOR    Mrs Mary Ann     postmistress
         TIPPLE    George           farmer
         WILEY     Edward           bricklayer

CARRIER - J. Hosley, to Norwich, Sat.
[sic, should be Holsey]

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