Norfolk: Wickhampton

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

WICKHAMPTON, 8 miles W. of Yarmouth, and 2 miles from Reedham and Berney Arms Stations, comprising about 1602 acres of land, of which 250 are upland, and the rest marsh. It is in Blofield union, Walsham hundred, Blofield and Walsham petty sessional division, Yarmouth county court and bankruptcy district, Freethorpe polling district of South Norfolk, Blofield rural deanery, and Norwich archdeaconry. It had 148 inhabitants in 1881, and has a rateable value of £2418.

John W. Rose, Esq., and Joseph Houchen Kerry, Esq., own nearly all the arable land, and John W. Rose, Joseph Houchen Kerry, and H.V. Walpole, Esqrs., and H.N. Burroughes, Esq.'s (deceased), trustees own the greater part of the rest.

The CHURCH (St. Andrew) is an ancient thatched building, chiefly in the Early English style, but its east and west windows are of the Perpendicular period. It consists of nave, chancel, south porch, and square embattled tower. The latter is surmounted by figures of the Four Evangelists, in lieu of pinnacles.

On the north side of the chancel are the recumbent effigies of Sir William Gerbrygge and his lady, resting on altar tombs, under highly enriched canopies with crocketed finials, and dating about A.D. 1300. The male figure is dressed in armour, his feet rest upon a lion, and he has a shield on his left arm.

The living is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at £4, in the patronage of William Brown, Esq., Tooting, Surrey, and incumbency of the Rev. Robert Bashford. The glebe is 16A. 2R., and the tithes have been commuted for £195 per annum; besides £4 17s. to the vicar of Halvergate, £1. 15s. 10d. to the rector of Reedham, and 2s. 6d. to the vicar of Upton.

The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel in the parish, and the common was enclosed in 1811.

POST from Halvergate by post runner at 8.30 a.m.; from Norwich via Acle.

         Bashford  Rev. Robert     rector
         Kerry     Joseph Houchen  farmer
         Minister  James           farmer
         Riches    Bacon           farmer
         Youngs    Geo.            dairyman & parish clerk
         Young     James           marsh farmer
 

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