GENUKI: Norfolk: Wreningham, Norfolk

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

WRENINGHAM, a parish near the source of the small river Tas, 8 miles S.W. by S. of Norwich, is in Henstead union, Humbleyard hundred, Swainsthorpe petty sessional division, Wymondham county court district, Norwich bankruptcy court district, Wymondham polling district of South Norfolk, Humbleyard rural deanery, and Norfolk archdeaconry.

It had 485 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 1528 acres of land. The rateable value is £2584. Lady Berners is lady of the manor, which includes the ancient manors of Nayland and Little Wreningham, the latter of which had a church, of which no traces are now extant. Mr. J.W. Bullimore and Mr. Chas. H. Hammond are also principal landowners.

The CHURCH (All Saints), in that part of the parish formerly called Great Wreningham, is a small fabric, comprising nave, chancel, north transept, south porch, and square tower with four bells. The old tower fell down in 1852, and was rebuilt the following year, when the church was restored, the transept added, and new open seats provided, at a cost of £700, raised by subscription.

The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £10, is consolidated with that of Ashwellthorpe, in the gift of Lady Berners, and incumbency of the Rev. Arthur William Upcher, M.A., who has a handsome brick residence built in 1852 at a cost of £1600. The tithes here were commuted in 1837 for £400 per annum.

The Independents have a small chapel here, which is occasionally used by Primitive Methodists.

The School, attended on an average by about 65 mixed children and supported by subscription, occupies a small building, erected in 1860 at a cost of £120, chiefly contributed by the patron.

The Fuel Allotment, 20A., awarded at the enclosure, is let for £40 a year, which is distributed in coal.

POST AND MONEY ORDER OFFICE at Mr. A. Quantrill's. Letters arrive at 8.45 a.m., despatched at 5.15 p.m. viâ Wymondham, which is the nearest Telegraph Office. There is also a Pillar Post Office on the Norwich road, cleared at 5.10 p.m., week days only.

         Bloom      George            carpenter
         Bothway    Hy.               farmer, The Poplars
         Brighten   Robert            butcher
         Bullimore  Mr John Wm.       Hill house
         Bush       Mrs Eliza and
                      Miss Mary Ann   farmers, Church farm
         Bush       Mr James          Rose cottage
         Catchpole  James             farmer and market gardener
         Claxton    Alfred            vict. Bird in Hand
         Cooper     James             fishmonger
         Copeman    Robert            shoemaker
         Copeman    Thomas            vermin destroyer
         Day        Matthew           farmer
         Day        Mr Robert
         Day        Robert Dennis     grocer, draper, corn and flour dealer
         Fulcher    Miss Agnes        dressmaker
         Hammond    Charles Henry     farmer
         Kersey     John              tailor
         Lawn       George            market gardener
         Long       Dennis William    farmer
         Long       William           farmer
         March      Miss Lucy         National schlmstrs
         Mullinger  Samuel            farmer, High comn
         Nash       Thomas            corn miller
         Quantrill  Alfred            joiner, builder, wheelwright, farmer
                                        & sub-postmaster
         Saunders   David             parish clerk
         Skipper    Mrs Rebecca       blacksmith
         Upcher     Rev. Arthur
                      Wilson, M.A.    rector of Ashwellthorpe
         Welton     John              vermin destroyer
         Welton     Saml.             farmer, Penny o'Green
         Welton     Samuel, jun.      farmer
         Young      Mrs Sophia        shopkeeper

CARRIERS from Tacolneston, Hopton, Bunwell and New Buckenham pass through to Norwich, on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday

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