Norfolk: Sustead

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1864

[Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

SUSTEAD parish, 4 miles S.S.W. of Cromer, has 136 inhabitants, and 483 acres of land, mostly belonging to John Ketton, Esq., and the devisees of the late W.H. Windham, Esq., the former of whom is lord of the manor, which was formerly held by the Damme family, who had a large mansion near a rivulet, which abounds in trout.

The Church (St. Peter and St. Paul) is a small edifice with a round tower and one bell. The living is a perpetual curacy, certified at £16, and now valued at £34. It was augmented from 1779 to 1809, with £600 of Queen Anne's bounty, laid out in land at Great Witchingham. John Ketton, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. Henry Cotton Arden is the non-resident incumbent.

The chief residents are -

         Custance Miss      Sustead Hall
 
         Chapman  Chas.     relieving officer
         Gray     Thos.     carrier to Norwich
         Harris   Thomas    farmer
         Hearn    Chas.     shopkeeper
         Landyman Jonathan  farmer
         Le Neve  Charles   brick and tile maker and farmer, Hall farm
         Pike     Robert    blacksmith
 

POST from Norwich, via Hanworth.

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November 2009