GENUKI: Norfolk: Thurlton, Norfolk

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

THURLTON, a pleasant village and parish, about 4 miles E. of Loddon and 6 N. of Beccles, is in Loddon and Clavering union and petty sessional division, Clavering hundred, Beccles county court district, Yarmouth bankruptcy district, Toft Monks polling district of South Norfolk, East Brooke rural deanery, and Norfolk archdeaconry. It had 419 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 1170 acres. Its rateable value is £2270.

Half of the parish is marsh, near the Waveney and the Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation. Jonathan Farrow, Esq., is lord of the manor, to whom the greater part of the soil belongs. The remaining part belongs to Mr. J.E. Sayer, and the University of Cambridge chiefly. The manor extends into Thorpe and Haddiscoe, and the fines are arbitrary. The Hall estate belong [sic] to Cambridge University, and the rents are attached to the professorship of geology.

The CHURCH (All Saints) is a thatched building, comprising nave, chancel, north porch, and square embattled tower with five bells. It was thoroughly repaired, and new windows, roof, and handsome seats placed therein in 1859, when the chancel was restored at the expense of the rector. The south doorway and the north porch and doorway are handsome specimens of Norman architecture, but the side windows are Perpendicular. The beautiful screen still remains, and here are some old and curious monuments of the Denny family.

The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £6 13s. 4d. It is in the patronage of the trustees of the Great Hospital, Norwich, and in the incumbency of the Rev. Frederick George Goodwin, M.A., who has a commodious white brick residence, built in 1847. The glebe is 23 acres, and the tithes have been commuted for £211 per annum.

THURLTON SCHOOL BOARD was established in 1875, and consists of the Rev. F.G. Goodwin (chairman), and Messrs. John Sayer (vice-chairman), Robert Brabben, Edward Shardalow, and Rev. D.B. Morley. The School was erected in 1876, at a cost of £1000, and will accommodate 72 children.

The Wesleyans have a chapel in the parish. Several flint celts have been found here. Various pieces of Church Land were exchanged at the enclosure, in 1814, for 3A. 1R. 26P., let for £10 10s. a year.

POST from Norwich, viâ Loddon.

         Bardwell  Geo.              farm bailiff, Crossway hs
         Bond      Mr Gregory
         Bond      Miss Mary A.      farmer, Link farm
         Bond      Mr. Robert
         Dawson    Jonathan          farmer and overseer, Hall farm
         Disney    Mr James
         Fox       Mrs.              shopkeeper
         Goodwin   Rev. Frederick
                     George, M.A.    rector, Rectory
         Grint     John              blacksmith
         Harrison  Misses Elizabeth
                     & Deborah       cowkeepers
         Holder    Henry             vict. White Hart Inn
         Hupton    George            miller
         Hupton    Mrs Margaret      shopkeeper
         Ives      Wm.               farmer & veterinary surgeon
         Melton    Geo.              parish clerk and sexton
         Minister  William           shoemaker
         Pope      William           shoemaker
         Sayer     John              farmer
         Sayer     William           farmer
         Snelling  John              shoemaker
         Tibbenham Richd.            victualler, Queen's Head Inn
         Ward      Mrs Sarah E.      Board schoolmstrs
         Ward      Robert            shoemaker
         Warnes    Samuel            market gardener
         Warnes    William           market gardner [sic]

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