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William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845

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WINCH (EAST) is a considerable village, with several neat houses, pleasantly seated on the Swaffham turnpike, 6 miles S.E. by E. of Lynn. The parish contains 440 inhabitants, and 2,410 acres of land, belonging to the families of Kent, Platten, Curl, and Smith. The Rev. Geo. Edward Kent is lord of the manors of East Winch and Carrow; and the Bishop of Norwich is lord of the manor of Grancourt, containing about 80 acres.

An estate of about 800A., [belonging] to J. Platten, Esq., of Lynn, was lately the property of the Forsters. In 1815, an act was obtained for enclosing and draining the waste lands; but about 80A. still form an open common, on which the poor claim pasturage, &c.

The manor of Grancourt was purchased by Thomas de Grancourt; and in the 26th of Edward I., by Sir Wm. Howard, the famous judge, and founder of the illustrious family of the Howards, Dukes of Norfolk. Sir William, and several of his descendants were seated here, in the now small and dilapidated house called the Nunnery.

The CHURCH, (All Saints,) is an ancient fabric, and had on its south side a chapel, built by the Howards. The vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £8, and in 1831 at £183, has 12½A. of glebe. The Rev. G.E. Kent is patron, and the Rev. E. Edwards, M.A., of Lynn, is the incumbent.

Here is a National School, built in 1842.

The Town Lands consist of 9A. 3R. in this parish, and 19A. in Middleton, obtained at the enclosure, in lieu of land left by Robt. Astey, in 1607. The rents amount to £43 4s. 6d. a year, which is applied, as far as necessary, with the church rates, and the residue is carried to the poor rates. The poor have 10s. a-year out of the Notley tithes, left by the Rev. Thomas Hopes, in 1615.

           Adderson Robert           butcher
           Bodham   Mrs. Elizabeth   schoolmrs.
           Brighton Lucy             vict., Maid's Head
           Curtis   Christopher      blacksmith
           Curl     Joseph           shopkeeper
           Davy     William          bricklayer
           Denton   William          victualler, Crown
           Goodison Youngmann        shoemaker
           Harrison Robert           bricklayer
           Holland  Mr. Robert
           Lane     Robert           shopkeeper
           Munford  Rev. George      curate
           Powley   Thomas           parish clerk
           Rust     James            joiner & beer house kpr.
           Savory   Henry            wheelwright
 
                              FARMERS.
                          (* are Yeomen.)
 
           Coe      Thomas           Heaton   John
         * Curl     Jacob            Smith    John, (and
         * Curl     Richard                     (brick maker)
         * Dye      Robert           Wix      George
 

See also the East Winch parish page.

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December 2008