Norfolk: Stody

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

[Transcription copyright © Juanita Hadwin]

STODY, in a narrow dale, 3 miles S. by W. of Holt, is a parish in Erpingham union, Holt county court district, Norwich bankruptcy district, Holt petty sessional division and hundred, Holt polling district of North Norfolk, Holt rural deanery, and Norwich archdeaconry. It has a rateable value of £1417 2s 6d., and a gross rental of £1537 5s. It had 130 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 1227 acres of land. Most of the parish belongs to the Dowager Marchioness of Lothian, the lady of the manor.

The CHURCH (St. Mary) comprises nave, chancel, transepts, south porch, and embattled round tower with one bell. The chancel has been lately renovated, and its windows ornamented with coloured quarries. There are fragments of ancient stained glass in some of the windows.

The living is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at £6 13s. 4d., now united with Hunworth; the two are jointly worth £389 a year, and are in the gift of the Dowager Marchioness. The glebe is 32 acres, and the tithes of Stody were commuted in 1840 for £237 per annum. Rev. H.S. Fullagar, M.A., is the incumbent, and resides at Hunworth.

The common was enclosed in 1807, when 1A. 2R. were allotted for the use of the highways.

POST from East Dereham, via Briningham.

         EMERY     John Hill      farmer, owner and overseer, Grange farm
         FAIRBAIRN Robert         forester
         FULLAGAR  Rev. Hugh
                     Scales, M.A. rector; h Hunworth rectory
         GRAVELING Mr Jacob
         GRAVELING Thomas         carpenter
         GRAVELING William        wheelwright
         JARRED    Arthur         shopkeeper
         KENDLE    Mrs Ann
         MACK      William        vict. King William Inn
         PECK      Edward         parish sexton
         SANDS     Wm.            farmer; h Edgefield
         SMITH     Thos.          farmer, surveyor & oversr
         WHITE     John           vict. Horseshoes Inn
         WILLIAMS  Robert         gardener
 

See also the Stody parish page.

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November 2003