Norfolk: Limpenhoe

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

LIMPENHOE, near the Railway, 11 miles E.S.E. of Norwich, has in its parish 186 souls, and 1077 acres of land, mostly the property of J.F. Leathes, Esq., the lord of the manor, impropriator, and patron of the Church (St. Botolph,) which is a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £6. 13s. 4d., and annexed to Southwood rectory. Here are 3 acres of glebe, and the poor have half an acre, let for 10s.

The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel here.

DIRECTORY:-

         Church   Wm.      vict., Falcon
         Clark    John     shopkeeper
         Cullum   Richard  land steward
         Jermyn   Wm.      joiner
         Mallett  Wm.      shoemaker
         Rushmer  Hy.      beer seller
 
            farmers
 
         Browning Hy.
         Drake    Fras.
         Neave    Jas.
         Rushmer  Thos.
 

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March 2004

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