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Zachary Clark: Charities belonging to the Poor: 1811

An ACCOUNT
of the different CHARITIES
belonging to THE POOR
of the COUNTY of NORFOLK,
Abridged from the Returns under GILBERT'S ACT,
to the House of Commons in 1786;
and from THE TERRIERS
in the Office of the LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH.
by ZACHARY CLARK.
1811.

Notes:

  • G - (if present) an abridged extract from Gilbert's Returns, 1786
  • T - (if present) an abridged extract from a terrier, with its date
  • GT - (if present) combined abridged extracts from Gilbert's Returns and a terrier.
  • In the original, pounds are shown as "l" so, for example, 60 pounds is shown as "60l." which is not easy to read. In this transcription they are shown as "£" so 60 pounds appears as "£60".

[Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

WIMBOTSHAM.
(CLACKCLOSE HUNDRED.)

G. - Two Cottages, divided into 4 apartments, occupied by 4 poor persons, standing upon the common pasture, and supposed to have been built by the Overseers, by leave of the Lord of the Manor, they not being copyhold.

T. 1729. - A Piece of Land, called the Common Plot, containing about 3A. and usually let yearly for the Poor, at the time when the town accounts are passed, viz. at Easter. This is the last Terrier wherein this land is noticed.

See also the Wimbotsham parish page.

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May 2016