GENUKI: Norfolk: Lyng, Norfolk

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William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1864

LYNG, a village on the south side of the river Wensum, 6 miles N.E. by E. of East Dereham, and 5 miles S.W. of Reepham, has in its parish a large corn and paper mill, 1899A. 2R. 22P. of fertile land, and 590 inhabitants, of whom about 80 are in EASTHAUGH, a small hamlet on an eminence, one mile S. of the village.

The Rev. H.E. Lombe is lord of the manor, in which the fines are arbitrary; but a great part of the soil belongs to Lieut.-Col. Custance, and Messrs. Wm. Cadywold and Edward Wright. In the 17th of Edward III., Sir John de Norwich had license to make a castle of the manor-house, some traces of which are still extant on the crown of an acclivity west of the village. A fair is held here on Nov. 20th, for stock and pleasure.

The Church (St. Michael) has a tower and six bells, and was thoroughly restored and reseated about four years ago. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £11. 0s. 6d., and now at £528, has 58A. 3R. 5P. of glebe. The Rev. H.E. Lombe is patron, and the Rev. Wm. Millett, B.A., incumbent.

The Wesleyan Reformers and the Primitive Methodists have each a chapel here.

The Church Land, 2A. 28P., is let for £2. 6s. At the enclosure, in 1808, 16A. 1R. 9P. were awarded to the poor for fuel. In 1618, Solomon Leech left yearly rent-charges of £2. 12s. for the poor, 10s. for a sermon, and 1s. 4d. for repairing the bell ropes. The poor have also yearly doles of 20s., left by John Starling, in 1728; and 5s., left by the Rev. Thomas Roberts.

The National School is a neat red brick building erected in 1863, at a cost of £450, and attended by 80 children.

POST OFFICE at Robt. Thurston's. Letters despatched via Norwich, at 2.30 p.m.

Marked * are at Easthaugh.

           Baker     Chas.              assist. overseer & registrar
           Baker     Helen Maria        dressmaker
           Clarke    John               victualler, Fox and Hounds
           Filby     Geo.               beerhouse & mill manager
           Harris    John               joiner and carpenter
           Hudson    Robt.              par. clk. [see note below]
           Hudson    William            tailor    [see note below]
           Isbell    Charles            wheelwright
           Millett   Rev. William, B.A. Rectory
           Rayner    Benjamin           victualler, King's Head
           Ringrose  Richard            rat catcher
           Robberds                     corn millers
            and Mooney                    and paper manufacturers
           Thurston  Robert             baker
 
              BLACKSMITHS.                BRICKMAKERS.
 
           Eggett    James              Eggett   Paul
           Mace      William            Murray   William
 
              FARMERS.
 
           Amies     William
           Barber    James
         * Blyth     James, jun.        (& beerhouse)
         * Comer     Isaac
           English   Sarah
           Frost and
             Cobon                      Manor farm
           Mace      Hannah
           Matthews  William
           Nicholson Robert             (and lime burner)
         * Wilkin    Samuel
           Wright    Edw.               (ownr.) h Foxley
 
              SHOPKEEPERS.
 
         * Blyth     James              (and painter, &c.)
           Eggett    Paul
           Filby     Miles
           Grimmer   Philip
           Natt      James
 
              SHOEMAKERS.
 
           Howard    Brown Fdk.
           Howard    Samuel
           Reeve     Ephraim
           Speakman  Austin

CARRIERS. Joseph Burton and Jas. Spooner to Norwich, Sat.

Note: in the original this is:
Hudson Robt. par. clk. & William, tailor

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