Norfolk: Santon

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

SANTON parish, on the north side of the Little Ouse river, 4 miles N.W. of Thetford and E. of Brandon, has only 27 souls, and 1500 acres of light sandy land, all the property of Lord Wm. J.F. Powlett, of Santon Downham Hall, on the opposite side of the river, in Suffolk. Mr. Spenceley Ellis occupies one farm, and the rest of the parish is occupied by non-residents.

The Norwich and Brandon Railway, which will be completed in 1845, will have a station here, and a branch to Thetford.

The Church (St. Helen) is a very small edifice, rebuilt out of the ruins of the old one by Thomas Bancroft, in 1628. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £1. 15s. 10d., and in 1831, at only £18. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are patrons, and the Rev. Robert Ward, of Thetford, is the incumbent.

See also the Santon parish page.

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