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

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SALL, a small village and parish, 1½ mile N. of Reepham, in Aylsham union and county court district, Norwich bankruptcy district, Eynsford petty sessional division and hundred, Reepham polling district of North Norfolk, Sparham rural deanery, and Norwich archdeaconry. It had 194 inhabitants in 1881, living on 1802 acres, and has a rateable value of £2797.

The Rev. Sir Edward Repps Jodrell, Bart., who succeeded his father in 1861, owns most of the soil, is lord of the manor of Moor Hall, and resides at Sall House, a large red brick mansion, which was restored in 1862, and stands in an extensive and well-wooded park; but Colonel W.E.L.G. Bulwer is lord of the manors of Sall Stinton and Sall Kirk House, and he and B. Stimpson and J.P. and E.C. Francis, Esqs., have estates here.

The CHURCH (St. Peter and St. Paul) is a stately pile, in the cathedral form, comprising nave with aisles and clerestory, transepts, chancel, two porches, and a lofty embattled tower at the west end, containing six bells, and crowned by handsome crocketed pinnacles. There is a parvise or chamber over each porch, and in one of them the school was formerly held. The screen has been cut down, the lower panels only remaining, but the painted figures with which it was once adorned are nearly obliterated. There is a fine piscina in the chancel, and another in the south transept. Some of the windows contain fragments of stained glass, and the ancient carved misereres are still preserved. The building was restored in 1860. Here is a fine brass, with a skeleton figure of John Brigge, dated 1454; also there are several others in different parts of the church.

The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £12 19s. 7d., has 30A. of glebe and a yearly rent-charge of £568 10s., awarded in 1841 in lieu of tithes. The patronage is in Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, and the Rev. Charles Earle Marsh, M.A., is the incumbent, and has a good residence, built in 1858.

The school was erected in 1864, by Sir E.R. Jodrell, Bart., at a cost of £500, and is supported by him.

The income derived from the Church land (8A. 1R.) and a cottage is applied with the church rates, except yearly distributions of 20s. on St. John's Day and 10s. in Lent, among the poor, in consideration of the bequests of Mary and Elizabeth Bell and a Mr. Sendal, the latter of whom died before 1650. In 1789 Amy Howard left the interest of £30, for distribution among the poor at Christmas. The stock purchased with this legacy yields £1 4s. 6d. per annum. The poor have also the interest of £100, bequeathed by the late Sir R.P. Jodrell in 1861.

WALL LETTER-BOX cleared at 3.30 p.m., letters viâ Norwich. Reepham is the nearest Money Order Office and railway station.

         Astmore   James            vict. White Horse
         Barwick   Arthur           fm. bailiff, Moor hall
         Button    John             farmer
         Coe       John             farm bailiff
         Gladden   William          parish clerk
         Hickling  John S.          farmer; h Cawston
         Kiddell   John Seely       fmr. Stinton hall
         Leeds     Stephen William  farmer; h Slackford
         Marsh     Rev. Chas.
                     Earle, M.A.    rector
         Neale     Thos.            farm bailiff, Park farm
         Pointon   James            blacksmith
         Rounce    Jabez            farm bailiff
         Seely     Barnabas Lemon   farmer
         Seely     James            farmer
         Vince     William          schoolmaster
         Wighton   James            gardener
 

See also the Salle parish page.

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August 2009