Norfolk: Thurning

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

[Transcription copyright © Juanita Hadwin]

THURNING is a parish of scattered houses, 6 miles S. of Holt, and 4½ miles N. of Reepham, in Aylsham union and county court district, Eynsford hundred and petty sessional division, Norwich bankruptcy district, Reepham polling district of North Norfolk, Sparham rural deanery, and Norwich archdeaconry. It has 170 inhabitants in 1881, living on 1584 acres, and has a rateable value of £1902.

Lieutenant-Colonel W.E.G.L. Bulwer is lord of the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to James Gay, jun., J.P., Esq., who resides at the Hall, a handsome mansion, which has been much improved by its present and former owners, and is beautifully situated on a well-wooded slope towards the river Thurne, which bounds the parish on the south, and passes through an ornamental sheet of water in the grounds. Lord Hastings owns a small estate here.

Cray Mere Beck gives name to a hamlet on the north side of the parish.

The CHURCH (St. Andrew) appears to have been built about the middle of the 14th century, and comprises nave, chancel, north aisle, south porch, and square tower with one bell, but the chancel has long been in ruins. About 1833, the building was thoroughly restored and re-seated at a considerable cost.

The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £7, has 23A. 2R. of glebe, a good residence, built in 1827, and a yearly rent-charge of £370, awarded in 1839, in lieu of tithes. The patronage is in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and the Rev. John Fenwick, B.D., J.P., is the incumbent.

The School for the united district of Melton, Briston, and Thurning, is at Briston.

Post viâ East Dereham. Reepham and Foulsham are the nearest Money Order Offices.

         BROWNSELL  Robert                 farmer
         BROWNSELL  William                farmer
         BURTON     George                 gamekeeper
         CLARK      Alfred                 farmer; h Wood Dalling
         FAIRCLOTH  Frederick              farmer
         FENWICK    Rev. John. B.D., J.P.  rector
         GAY        Jas. Esq. J.P.         Thurning hall
         HALL       Henry                  farmer
         HARVEY     William                farm bailiff
         POYNTON    Edwd.                  blacksmith, Cray mere
 

See also the Thurning parish page.

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