Norfolk: Reymerston

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

[Transcription copyright © Paddy Apling]

REYMERSTONE, a small neat village of detached houses, on East Dereham road, 3 miles N. of Hingham, has in its parish 274 souls, and 1624 acres of land. About half the soil belongs to T.T. Gurdon, Esq., the lord of the manor, called Colvelly Hall, and the rest belongs to the Mann, Staines, Lock, Clark, and a few other families. Nearly 1200 acres are in pasturage.

The Church (St. Peter) is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £11. 3s. 6d., but now having 18A. 29P. of glebe, and a yearly rent of £171. 8s., awarded in 1839, in lieu of tithes. T.T. Gurdon, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. Philip Gurdon, incumbent.

The former erected a neat National School here, in 1844.

The Church Land, 11A. 1R. 16P., is let for £16. 10s. The Fuel Allotment, awarded in 1798, is 14A. 28P., let for £21. The old Poor's Land, about 2A., is let for £2. 10s. The poor have also 12s. a year, left by Wm. Mowting and an unknown donor.

         Denny     Rev Robert, M.A.  curate of Garveston, Rymerstone Hall
         Goode     John              bricklayer
         Gurdon    Rev Edward, M.A.  curate, Rectory
         Jessop    James             carpenter
         Jessop    John              parish clerk
         Jessop    Wm.               vict. Black Horse
         White     John              beehouse [sic]
 
            Blacksmiths.
 
         Lusher    John
         Moore     Abraham
 
            FARMERS.
 
         Clark     Robt.             Old Hall
         Fuller    John
         High      Daveney
         Holman    George
         Hubbard   Stephen
         Lock      Wm.
         Morley    James
         Pigg      Ann
         Pyman     Robert
         Staines   Wm.
 
            Shoemakers.
 
         Beckett   Wm.
         Jessop    Wm.
         Watson    Royal
 
            Wheelwrights.
 
         Bunn      Abraham
         Middleton Wm.
 

See also the Reymerston parish page.

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