GENUKI: Norfolk: West Wretham, Norfolk

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Kelly's Directory of Norfolk 1896

WEST WRETHAM is a parish 2 miles west from Wretham station on the Bury, Thetford and Swaffham section of the Great Eastern railway and 6 north-east from Thetford, in the Mid division of the county, Guiltcross and Shropham petty sessional division, Thetford union and county court district, Shropham hundred, rural deanery of Rockland, archdeaconry of Norfolk and diocese of Norwich.

The ancient church of St. Lawrence is now in ruins. The living is consolidated with that of East Wretham.

Wretham Hall, an elegant mansion standing in a well-wooded park of 600 acres, is the seat of Sydney Morris J.P. who is lord of the manor and sole landowner. Hill Mere and Mickle Mere are both in Wretham Park.

The soil is sandy; subsoil, chalky. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 3,616 acres of land and 72 of water; rateable value, £947; the population in 1891 was 194.

Foulmere, 2½ miles south-west from Wretham station, is in this parish.

Letters from Thetford. East Wretham is the nearest money order & telegraph office

The children of this parish attend the school at East Wretham

         Godson    John S.      West Wretham house
         Morris    Sydney J.P.  Wretham hall
 
            COMMERCIAL
 
         Henley    Wm.          head gardenr. Wretham hall
         Banks     Jonathan     gamekeeper to Sydney Morris esq
         George    George       farm bailiff to Sydney Morris esq.
                                  The Dairy
         Godson    John S.      estate agent to Sydney Morris esq.
                                  West Wretham house
         Stevenson Robert       farmer, Foulmere

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