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

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WOOTTON (SOUTH), one mile from the above [ie from North Wootton], and about two miles N. by E. of Lynn, is a small parish bordering on the Wash, in Freebridge Lynn union, hundred, and petty sessional division, Lynn county court and bankruptcy court district, Lynn polling district of West Norfolk, Lynn (Norfolk) rural deanery, and Norwich archdeaconry. It had 179 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 2495 acres, and has a rateable value of £5,455.

The principal landowners are A.C. Ramsden, Esq., who is the lord of the manor, and Anthony Hamond, Esq. In 1852 the commons, comprising 324 acres, were enclosed, when 7 acres were allotted for the poor.

The CHURCH (St. Mary) comprises nave, chancel, transepts or side chapels, south porch, and tower with three bells. It appears to have been rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries on the site of the ancient Norman edifice, of which nothing remains but the fine square font, which is elaborately carved, and stands on a central shaft and eight smaller columns. The east window of four lights is a beautiful specimen of the Decorated period. On the north side of the chancel is an ugly brick excresence, said to be a mausoleum of the Hamond family. The south transept was formerly the Lady chapel, and still contains a piscina and an aumbry. There are also sedilia for three priests, and a piscina in the chancel. The north transept was St. Anne's Chapel. In the north-east corner of the church is an altar-tomb to Sir James Thomas Winde, who died in 1603, and had a grant of the hundred of Freebridge in 39 Elizabeth (1597). Its top is a fine slab of Purbeck marble, and its sides are emblazoned with arms. The nave has recently been reseated with oak. The tower was split almost in two by lightning in September 1881.

The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £8 6s. 8d., is in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and is held by the Rev. Parnell Gilbert. Its annual value, with 8 acres of glebe, is about £400. There is also an excellent house of residence

In 1862 the present parish school, a good brick and stone building, was erected at a cost of £170, and is attended by about forty children.

The parish has a claim on the Hospital of Castle Rising, whenever the parishioners of North Wootton and Castle Rising fail to furnish a sufficient number of inmates.

POST OFFICE at Mr. M. Marsters'. Letters are received at 5.30 a.m., and are despatched at 6.40 p.m., viâ Lynn.

         Blomfield  Alfred          brewer, corn miller, and farmer,
                                      The Evergreens
         Blomfield  Edward &
                      Albert Miles  farmers, Manor farm
         Carrot     Charles         railway clerk
         Gamble     William         marsh shepherd
         Hardy      John            marsh shepherd
         Holmes     John            coal dealer
         Kirby      Jas.            farmer & market gardener
         Marsters   Matthew         postmaster and parish clerk
         Pinchen    Edward          pig dealer
         Pinchen    Lewis           pig dealer
         Sadler     Mrs Sarah
         Smith      Alfred Wm.      plumber, glazier, & painter,
                                      and at Castle Rising
         Stapleton  Wm.             vict. Swan, & farmer
         Stearn     Miss            schoolmistress
         Tinker     William         grocer and baker
         Walker     William         farmer
         Warnes     Mrs Mary        farmer
 

See also the South Wootton parish page.

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July 2007