Norfolk: Sustead

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

[Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

SUSTEAD is a parish, 4½ miles S.S.W. of Cromer, in Erpingham union, North Erpingham hundred and petty sessional division, North Walsham county court district, Norwich bankruptcy district, North Walsham polling district of North Norfolk, Repps rural deanery, and Norfolk archdeaconry. It had 116 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 483 acres of land. The rateable value is £1045. The soil mostly belongs to the Exors. of the late John Ketton, Esq., and to the Exors. of the late - Wyndham, Esq. Mr. Ketton's Exors. are also lords of the manor, which was formerly held by the Damme family.

The CHURCH (St. Peter and St. Paul), was probably built in the 15th century. It is of beautiful proportions, and has a handsome front on which are carved the arms of the Fellingges, Talbots, Dammes, &c. It has 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 Ann's Bounty, laid out in land at Great Witchingham. The Exors. of John Ketton, Esq., are patrons, and the Rev. Skeffington Armstrong, B.A., is the incumbent.

This parish was united with Aylmerston [sic] for School Board purposes in 1876. (See page 129 [which is the entry for Aylmerton).

POST from Norwich, viâ Hanworth. Wall Letter-Box cleared at 3.15 p.m., on week days only.

         Armstrong Rev Skeffington,
                     B.A.           vicar of Sustead & rector of Bessingham
         Clark     John             farmer and surveyor
         Duffield  Thomas           farmer
         Neave     Mr William       Old Hall
         Parsons   Mrs Mary         brickmaker
         Tice      George           poulterer, &c.
         Tice      Robert           blacksmith
         Tice      William          carrier
         Tooke     John             gardener and seedsman
 

CARRIER to Norwich, Wm. Tice, Wed. and Sat.

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March 2002