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Hunt's Directory of East Norfolk with Part of Suffolk, 1850
[Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
KENNINGHALL, formerly known as Kings' Hall, from having been the seat of the East Anglian Kings, is a small town, holding a weekly market for cattle on Saturday; distant 18 miles S.W. of Norwich, 4 miles S.W. of Buckenham, and 3 miles E. of East Harling.
Boadicea, the British Queen of martial notoriety, had a castle here, wherein she held her courts; and the "good Queen Bess" selected Kenninghall Palace as one of her summer residences. The Duke of Norfolk is lord of the manor, which is an ancient demesne: previous to the middle of the 17th century, his grace's ancestors inhabited the palace (which at that period was pulled down), and long anterior to the time of Elizabeth, they occupied a mansion called East Hall, which stood upon the same site, as the Palatial residence, and its aged predecessor, the Royal castle.
Two annual FAIRS are held here, the one on July 18th, for cattle, and the other on September 30th, for sheep. The parish comprises an area of 3524 acres, and the population in 1841 was 1389.
POST-OFFICE, at Mark Mordey's. Letters delivered 8.30 a.m. and despatched to Norwich and all parts, via East Harling, at 5.30 p.m.
Ackland Robert ironmonger and brazier
Avis Joseph carpenter
Bailey Charles carpenter
Bailey Geo. 'White Horse' (licensed to let horses, &c.)
Banham Cubitt S. grocer & draper
Barham Eliz. and Dinah milliners
Barham Robert bricklayer
Barker Thomas blacksmith
Beales Samuel butcher
Bond William poulterer
Bowen John 'George' (& carrier)
Briggs John gardener
Bryant Richard corn & coal mercht. agent to the
Suffolk Amicable fire office
Buxton James tailor
Calver J.C. and D.H. solicitors, and agents to the Norwich
Union fire and life office
Clark William baker
Clarke Samuel turner and patten maker
Coe Robert grocer and draper
Collings James 'Crown' (& blacksmith)
Cooke Mrs. Hannah
Cooke Robert tailor
Crook Robert miller
Daines Robert cooper
Davy John cooper
Davy Robert watchmaker
Dent Peter surgeon
Ellis Ellen school
Foyster John painter, glazier, &c.
Garrod Benjamin wheelwright
Harvey Robert school and bookbinder
Horne John shoemaker and currier
Howell Mr. Henry (bapt. minister)
Huggins William butcher
Jackson Robert beer retailer
Kendall Maria school (& boarding)
Kent George registrar, relieving officer
Linstead George saddler, &c.
Long Henry miller
Mallett Henry beer retailer
Mordey Mark stationer, bookseller and postmaster
Morley James parish clerk
Moyse George shoemaker
Murton Robert machine maker
Napthen Robert wheelwright
Newson Charles merchant
Nunn Richard auctioneer
Osborne George bricklayer
Pigg Alfred grocer and draper
Priest Wm. inland revenue officer
Procter Rev. Richard (vicarage)
Rackham Thomas master of Guiltcross Union Workhouse,
and registrar of marriages
Reeve David brickmaker
Reeve Mrs. Ann
Rivett Elizabeth grocer, draper and brush maker
Sayer George cabinet maker
Smith John baker
Smith Robert shoemaker
Smith Thomas shoemaker
Turner Jph. G. tea dealer & druggist
Wade John whitesmith
Wells William miller
Wharton Leonard collector of taxes
Womack Micah miller
Womack William miller
Woman Henry 'Red Lion' (and butcher)
Farmers.
Aldis William Long Zedekiah (and maltster)
Avis Elizabeth Reeve David
Avis Joseph Reeve George
Bilham Stephen Spurling Daniel
Bunn John West Robert
Coulson John Weston John
Coulson John, jun. Wharton Leonard
Cracknell William Wretham John
Fincham William Youels James (and dealer)
Green John Youels Robert (and dealer)
Holmes Richard
CARRIERS to Norwich; Bowen, Tues. 4 aft.; also, Fisk, Monday and Thursday, 4 afternoon.
See also the Kenninghall parish page.
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September 2009