Norfolk: Wallington cum Thorpland

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

WALLINGTON-CUM-THORPLAND, 3 miles N. by E. of Downham, form one parish, in Downham Market union and county court district, Lynn bankruptcy district, Clackclose petty sessional division and hundred, Downham polling district of West Norfolk, Fincham rural deanery, and Norfolk archdeaconry. It had 76 inhabitants in 1881, living on 1460 acres, and has a rateable value of £1684.

Of the soil, 350A. belong to Thos. Leigh Hare, Esq., and the remainder to Edmund E. Peel, the lord of the manor, and owner of Wallington Hall, a large and handsome house in the Elizabethan style, delightfully situated in a well-wooded park, now occupied by Col. John Marcon. It was anciently the seat of the Coningsbys and the Gawdys.

One of the latter was Judge Gawdy, who, in the reign of Elizabeth, converted the Church (St. Margaret) into a hay-house and dog-kennel. The only part of it now remaining is the tower, surmounted by a small spire. The rectory is not in charge, and has long been consolidated with South Runcton and Holme.

POST from Downham.

         Heading   George      farmer & landowner, Thorpland
         Marcon    Col. John   Wallington hall
         Morton    Joseph      farmer, Thorpland
         Stibbon   Henry       farmer
 

See also the Wallington cum Thorpland parish page.

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