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William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883
[Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
LOPHAM (NORTH), a village 3½ miles S.E. by S. of East Harling, has its parish in Guiltcross union and hundred, Guiltcross and Shropham petty sessional division, Diss county court district, Ipswich bankruptcy district, Harling polling district of South Norfolk, Rockland rural deanery, and Norfolk archdeaconry. It had 674 inhabitants in 1881, living on 2000 acres, and had a rateable value of £3153.
Lopham Park, which extends over 900 acres, belongs to the Duke of Norfolk, but H.E. Garrod, Esq., of Diss, is lord of the manor, in which are numerous small copyholds, subject to arbitrary fines. This manor comprehends also South Lopham; and the two villages have long been famous for the manufacture of linen or hempen cloth; and though but little yarn is now spun here by hand-wheels, here are several looms employed in weaving sheeting, diaper, huckaback, damask, &c., which are sold unbleached by the manufacturers, who hawk them in their own carts over this and the adjacent counties.
The CHURCH (St. Nicholas) is a large and handsome structure, comprising nave, south aisle, chancel, porch, and square tower. The chancel was restored in 1862. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £17 0s. 5½d., is consolidated with South Lopham. The benefice has a small rectorial manor in the two adjoining parishes, and must be given to a fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. The tithes of this parish were commuted in 1845 for £303 per annum, and here are 5A. 2R. of glebe.
The SCHOOL BOARD was formed May 26, 1877, and now consists of Messrs. John W. Bobby (chairman), Thomas Womack (vice-chairman), Edward Muskett, Stephen Holden, and Stephen Beales. Mr. F. Fowell, Garboldisham, is clerk. The National School, erected 1871, is now only used as a Sunday school, and is let for concerts.
The Burial Board, formed in 1870, consists of nine members, three of whom retire annually. The cemetery adjoining the churchyard is 1A. 20P.: the land cost £80, and the Board have spent £150. Rev. - Bateman is chairman.
The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel here.
Mary Williamson, in 1696, left 7A. 1R. 20P. of land, at Garboldisham, for apprenticing poor children, or clothing the poor of this parish. The Fuel Allotment, 103A. 2R. 11P., was awarded at the enclosure, in 1815. The Town Lands, partly purchased, and partly given by Robert Bringloe, in 1687, and other donors, consist of about 43A., in the parishes of Lopham, Garboldisham, and Shelfanger. They are let, with two cottages, at rents amounting to £80 per annum, a portion of which is applied in the service of the church. Here are also a house and garden, occupied by several poor families. The Fuel Allotment and Town Lands are now administered under a new scheme. Mr. H.H. Beales is clerk.
LETTERS through East Harling arrive at 7.30 a.m. Pillar Box cleared at 5 p.m., Sundays 10.30 a.m. Kenninghall is the nearest Money Order Office.
Anderson Wm. frmr. Chesnut Tree frm
Banham Richard baker & coal dealer
Barham Ph. tailor, parish clerk, and school
attendance officer
Beales Mrs Grace vict. Black Horse
Beales Herbert Hy. vict. King's Head. clerk to
Charity Trustees
Beales Samuel butcher and farmer
Beales Mr Stephen
Beales Stephen, jun. linen manufctr
Beales Wm. carpenter & wheelwright
Bobby John Wragg flour seller, newsagent, agent to
the Suffolk Alliance Fire Office
Bowell Jas. shoemaker & vict. Bull
Bowell Robert farmer & landowner
Bowell Thos. farmer and landowner
Brock Fredk. farmer and dealer
Brown Chas. farmer, The Lodge
Buckenham Mrs Georgina The Limes
Buckenham T.W. & J. linen mnufcts.; and 65 Berners st.
Oxford st. W.
Butcher George farmer
Cattermole Richard fruit dealer
Chamberlain Mr Thomas
Cobb Coleby baker
Coe John boot and shoemaker
Coe Robert boot and shoemaker
Edwards Edgar tailor
Emms William farmer
Fletcher Mrs Rhoda Rose Villa
Foster William bricklayer
Gooch John fowl dealer
Hinds Wm. Thos. vet. surgeon, regtd
Holden James farmer
Holden Stephen farmer & fruit dlr
Howe Charles farmer and landowner
Hubbard Charles farmer
Kettle Alfred plumber
Laud Mr Christopher
Laud George carpenter
Laud Walter farmer
Laud Walter Edward linen manufactr
Ling Robert blacksmith
Mann - & Mrs. master and mistress at Board school
Murton Charles linen manufacturer
Murton John linen manufacturer
Newsom Geo. Wm. linen manufactr
Pearce Wm. vict. Bell, and farmer
Reeve Righteous John thatcher
Robinson Thomas farmer
Rolfe Horace farmer
Rolfe Mr Walter
Ruddock Alfred tailor & shopkeeper
Shaw Arthur Geo. vict. Cherry Tree, and fishmonger
Taylor David bricklayer
Taylor Thomas bricklayer
Thomson Rev. John, M.A. curate
Walker Isaac carpenter
Wharton Miss Mary Ann The Grange
Whitmore Mrs. farmer
Womack John farmer & linen mnuftr
Womack John Wharton grcr. & drpr
Womack Thos. farmer, Park farm
Womack Thos. Wm. grocer & draper (Pattinson & W.),
coal & lime merchants, East
Harling road station
Womack Wm. John coach builder, wheelwright, &
farmer, The Ashes
See also the North Lopham parish page.
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March 2006