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Hunt's Directory of East Norfolk with Part of Suffolk, 1850
[Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
LITCHAM, once a market town, and now one of the most business-like looking villages in the county of Norfolk, is compact and well-built, exhibiting several good houses inhabited by private and professional persons, besides many others occupied by respectable tradespeople and shopkeepers. It is distant 24 miles W. by N. of Norwich, 8 miles N.E. by N. of Swaffham, and 16½ E. of Lynn.
Petty Sessions are held at the Bull (the principal inn), on the first Wednesday in every month, and the Society for the Prosecution of Felons (of which Mr. Thomas Palmer is solicitor) hold their meetings at the same house. Pleasure FAIRS take place on Whit-Tuesday and Nov. 1st, on which occasions Litcham enjoys the advantages to be derived from a large influx of visitors. The parish comprises an area of above 1800 acres, and the population in 1841 was 811.
Post-Office at Frederick Leatherdale's. Letters delivered at 7.30 a.m., and despatched to Norwich and all parts, via Swaffham, at 6 p.m.
Archer Rev. Charles
Goodwyn, M.A. (curate)
Ashley John butcher
Askew Thomas tailor
Attoe Mr. William
Baker William
Carmichael portrait and animal painter
Banham George shoemaker
Balls Edward tinman and brazier
Betts James 'New Inn' (& carrier)
Blinkinsop Jas. merchant & miller
Boutell Rev. Charles rectory
Bridgman Elizabeth grocery dealer
Bridgman Rhoda blacksmith
Bulman William tailor
Burton Elizabeth straw hat maker
Burton John grocery dealer
Carmichael John plumber, painter, &c.
Carter James 'Bull Inn' (and veterinary surgeon)
Copeman Abel Benjamin saddler
Copeman Elizabeth school
Copeman James saddler
Curtis Wm. carpenter and builder
Damant Thomas William surgeon
Fitt William baker
Garman James grocer and draper
Garman John baker
Howard John tailor
Howard Thomas basket maker
Johnson Charlotte milliner
Johnson John shoemaker
Johnson Thomas shoemaker
Jump Charles James surgeon and registrar of births and deaths
King Benjamin tailor and draper
King John blacksmith
King John blacksmith and wheelwright
King William tailor
Leatherdale Frederick grocer and draper, agent to the Norwich
Equitable fire insurance office
Lynes Douglas mercht. & maltster
Palmer Nathl. veterinary surgeon
Palmer Thomas solicitor
Pile William builder, surveyor and agent to
Norwich Union fire office
Pond Mr. Thomas
Powley Jacob shoemaker
Ransome John druggist
Raven Peter surgeon
Stanford Mrs. Ellen
Sizeland Robert V. 'King's Arms,' painter, glazier, &c.
Stratford Edmund and
Mary Ann national school
Took William shoemaker
Wales Emma straw hat maker
Wales William butcher
Walker Matthew watchmaker
Waters George blacksmith
Wiseman James 'Green Dragon' (and brewer)
White James china and earthenware dealer
Wright Charles solicitor, superintendent registrar,
and clerk to Union, Magistrates, and
Commissioners of taxes; agent to the
Farmers' General insurance office
Farmers.
Askew Robert
Attoe William, jun.
Carter John
Cook Charles High House
Middleton -
Raven Peter
Stanford Henry
CARRIER to Lynn, Betts, Monday and Thursday 9 morn.; and to Norwich, Tues. and Fri. 7 morn. Post cart, to Swaffham, daily.
See also the Litcham parish page.
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February 2009