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

[Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

THURGARTON, 6½ miles N. of Aylsham, and 5½ miles S. by W. of Cromer, is a parish in Erpingham union, North Erpingham hundred and petty sessional division, Holt county court district, Norwich bankruptcy court district, Aldborough polling district of North Norfolk, Repps rural deanery, and Norfolk archdeaconry. It had 231 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 961 acres of land. The rateable value is £1760.

The soil belongs to the trustees of W.F.L.B. Windham, Esq., James Gay, and Herbert Cook, Esqs., and Messrs. Richard James Spurrell, George Chapman, and Benjamin Emery Wrench, and several smaller owners; but the Bishop of Norwich is lord of the manor and patron of the living.

The CHURCH (All Saints) is a small thatched building, comprising only nave and chancel, its tower having been taken down in 1882 [sic]. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £9 6s. 8d., has 10 acres of glebe, and a yearly tithe rent-charge of £237 awarded in 1839. The Rev. William Francis Jex-Blake, M.A., is the present rector, and has a good rectory house, built in 1879.

The poor have 26s. a year, left by John Bacon, in 1732.

POST from Norwich, viâ Hanworth. Wall Letter Box cleared at 3.10 p.m. on week days only. Hanworth is the nearest Money Order and Telegraph Office.

         Balls      Thomas           farmer
         Bone       Misses Mary
                      and Sarah      Vine cottage
         Bone &
           Trollop                   grocers and drapers, and at Aldborough
         Chapman    George           farmer and owner, overseer and surveyor
         Cook       Herbert          farmer and owner; h Matlask hall
         Cooke      William          miller; h Aldborough
         Denny      Henry            auctioneer, valuer, house, land and
                                       estate agent, inspector of nuisances
                                       for Erpingham union district, agent
                                       for the Accident and London and
                                       Guarantee Insurance Cos.
                                       The Lodge, and at Cromer
         Gray       William          shoemaker
         Horner     Geo.             fishmonger and carrier
         Jex-Blake  Rev. William
                      Francis, M.A.  rector, Rectory
         Le Reve    Robert S.        farmer, Hall farm [see note below]
         Middleton  James            farmer
         Nicholson  James W.         farmer
         Peart      John             bricklayer
         Peart      Robert           bricklayer & victualler, Bull Inn
         Pitcher    Robert           cooper
         Roper      Henry            shopkeeper
         Roper      James            farm bailiff
         Spurrell   John Hy.         saddler & shopkpr
         Spurrell   Richard James    farmer and owner, The Hall
         Temple     William          farmer
         Trollop    Mrs
 

CARRIER - George Horner to Aylsham to meet trains on Monday, and to Norwich on Wednesday & Saturday


Note: "Le Reve" should probably be "Le Neve".
See also the Thurgarton parish page.

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December 2008