Norfolk: Pudding Norton

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883

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PUDDING NORTON is a parish 1½ mile S. of Fakenham, in Walsingham union, Fakenham county court district, Norwich bankruptcy court district, Gallow hundred and petty sessional division, Fakenham polling district of West Norfolk, Toftrees rural deanery, and Norwich archdeaconry.

It had 32 inhabitants in 1881, living on 840 acres, and has a rateable value of £1001. F.A. Morse Boycott, Esq., of Heath, Herts, is lord of the manor and owner of the soil. The Hall is occupied, the farm being held by Mr. G. Dixon.

The CHURCH (St. Margaret) was dilapidated many years ago, and a portion of the tower is all that remains. F.A. Morse Boycott, Esq., Sennoweville, Bushey, is patron of the rectory, which was valued in the King's Book at £6, and is now a sinecure worth £10, in the incumbency of the Rev. C. St. Denys Moxon, B.C.L.

POST from Fakenham, which is the nearest Money Order Office.

         Dixon   George    farmer, Norton hall
 

See also the Pudding Norton parish page.

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August 2004