Norfolk: Lammas

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

LAMMAS, a pleasant village on the east bank of the Bure, 4 miles S.E. of Aylsham, has in its parish 257 souls, and about 500 acres of land, exclusive of Little Hautboys, which is united with it. They contain together 299 souls, and 829 acres.

Lammas is mostly the property of Sir John Lubbock and the Rev. W.H. Marsh, sen., the latter of whom is lord of the manor, and patron of the consolidated rectories of Lammas and Little Hautboys, valued in the King's Book at £7, and enjoyed by the Rev. W.H. Marsh, jun., of Erpingham. The glebe is 36A., and the tithes were commuted in 1840 for £240 per annum.

The CHURCH (St. Andrew,) has a low embattled tower, with four bells. Near the west end of the village is an ancient Quakers' Meeting House, with a small burial ground. The Church Land is one acre.

         Barton    Wm.            yeoman
         Blake     Wm.            farmer
         Blake     Rev. Wm. Jex   incumbent of Great Hautboys
         Blake     Rev. Charles,
                     B.A.
         Bransby   Ransome        gent
         Collins   Benjamin       beerhouse
         Daniels   James          coal merchant
         Fransham  Daniel         farmer & owner
         Goodwin   Anthony        beerhouse
         Goodwin   Stephen        wheelwright, blacksmith, and farmer
         Kerrison  James          coal merchant
         Lambert   Robert         shoemaker
         Marsh     Rev Wm. Heath,
                     sen. B.A.    Rectory
         Rayner    George Wm.     painter, glazier, and shopkeeper
         Repton    Mrs Elizabeth
         Reynolds  Thomas         gentleman
 

See also the Lammas parish page.

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