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

[Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

WYMONDHAM, or WINDHAM, is an ancient market town, pleasantly situated on rising ground, upon the Norwich and Thetford turnpike, skirted on two sides by a rivulet, and distant 9 miles S.W. by W. of Norwich, 19 miles N.E. of Thetford, and 100 miles N.E. by N. of London. It consists chiefly of four streets, converging in the centre, and having many ancient houses, shops, &c., and some handsome modern mansions. The Norwich and Brandon Railway crosses the parish parallel with the turnpike, within about half a mile south of the town, where there is a commodious brick Station, erected in 1844-5.

Wymondham was once celebrated for the manufacture of wooden spindles, spoons, and other turnery ware; but this trade is obsolete, having given place many years ago to the weaving of bombasins, crapes, &c., in which employment here were, ten years ago, about 600 looms, but they have been reduced to about 60, which are partially employed by the Norwich manufacturers. In the town is an extensive brewery, belonging to Messrs. Cann and Clarke; and in the parish are several corn mills.

The MARKET, held every Friday, is but thinly attended. Corn is sold by sample at the Griffin Inn, in the evening. The Market-cross was built in 1616, and is covered by an octagon roof, supported at the eight angles by wooden pillars, and having a cornice, on which are rudely carved the various articles of turnery ware for which the town was once famous. The market and two of the fairs are held under a charter, granted by King John, in 1203. Here are now three annual FAIRS, viz., on Feb. 14th, and May 17th, for horses, lean cattle, &c., and on Sept. 29th, for pleasure, pedlery, &c. When any of these dates fall on a Saturday, the fair is held on the following Monday, so as not to interfere with Norwich market. A Hiring Session is held on the second day after Old Michaelmas Day.

The extensive PARISH of Wymondham increased its population from 3567 souls in 1801, to 5485, 1831, but they had decreased to 5179, in 1841. It comprises 10,484 acres of fertile and well cultivated land, extending from three to four miles round the town, and rising in picturesque undalations [sic] from both sides of a tributary stream of the river Yare.

It is in SIX DIVISIONS, of which the names and population are, Downham, 1286; Market street, 1324; Silfield, 592; Suton, 323; Town Green, 447; and Wattlefield, 500. MARKET STREET and TOWN GREEN comprise the greater part of the town, and are called the In-Soken, and the others the Out-Soken. DOWNHAM includes the north end of the town, many scattered farm-houses, &c., and Kimberley Hall, and part of the park, (see page 440 [which is the entry for Kimberley],) distant 3 miles north. SILFIELD extends nearly three miles to the south and east, and includes Stanfield Hall, a fine Elizabethan mansion, nearly encompassed by a moat, and formerly a seat of the Flowerdews, but now of Isaac Jermy, Esq. The Rev. George Preston, who died here in 1838, built a neat Catholic Chapel, adjoining the hall, but it is now converted into kitchen offices. SUTON division extends more than three miles south-west from the town, and includes Burfield Hall, the handsome seat of Miss A.D. Burroughes. WATTLEFIELD is about 3 miles south of the town, and has a neat Chapel of Ease, lately erected, (of red-brick and slated,) for the convenience of the inhabitants of the southern parts of the parish.

These divisions form twelve MANORS, whose names and owners are as follow:- Wymondham Reginæ, or Abbot's, the Queen; Grishaugh, Cromwell, and Rusteyn's, Rev. H.C. Hobart; Brockdish, C. Stoughton, Esq.; Gonville's, John Mitchell, Esq.; Choseleys, the Corporation of Norwich; Stanfield Hall, Isaac Jermy, Esq.; Downham Hall, Lord Wodehouse; Stalworthy's, with Burfield Hall and Nothes, Miss Ann D. Burroughes; and Palgraves, or Hethersett, the Rev. Wm. Lynes. The inhabitants enjoy all the privileges of ancient demesne, being exempt from serving on juries out of the parish, free from tolls at markets and fairs, &c., &c.

The town is supposed to be of Roman origin; and without the smallest traces to countenance such an opinion, some antiquaries have considered it the Sitamagus of the Itinerary. Its present name is purely Saxon, and the consequence of the place appears to have arisen from the ABBEY, founded here in 1130, by Wm. de Albini, afterwards Earl of Arundel, whose father had obtained, from the Norman Conqueror, all the manors in this parish, to be held by the service of the King's butler, except Stanfield Hall, which was for some time held by the Warrens and Bigods.

The abbey was richly endowed by the founder, as a cell to the Abbey of St. Alban's; but in 1448, it was constituted an independent abbey for monks of the Benedictine order. The founder gave it his manors of Wymondham, Happisburgh, &c., to which Henry I. added "all wrecks on that part of the coast lying between Eccles, Happisburgh, and Tunstead, and a rent in kind of 2000 eels annually, from the village of Hilgay." Its ample revenues were augmented by subsequent benefactions, and amounted to £211. 16s. 6d., per annum at the dissolution, when no crimes were laid to the charge of the Abbot, who, therefore, had an allowance for life of £66. 13s. 4d. a year; and the monks were found to be blameless, except four, who acknowledged themselves guilty of incontinency. Its possessions were conferred by Henry VIII. on the Earl of Surrey, who was attained and beheaded in 1547.

The Abbey Church was a large cruciform structure, erected partly on the site of the old parish church, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary and St. Thomas-a-Becket. It consisted of a choir, nave, transepts, and two aisles, with a tower standing in the centre, still called the abbey steeple, and another at the west end, built in 1410, by subscription, to receive the five bells of the parish; the west end of the edifice being then used by the parishioners, and the east end appropriated exclusively to the monks. When the monastery was destroyed, the parishioners obtained a grant of the church with its chapels and beautiful choir or chancel; but the latter and the south aisle were destroyed by Sergeant Flowerdew, who came to superintend the demolition of the abbey.

The inhabitants rebuilt the south aisle, and converted the east part of the nave into the chancel, so that the PARISH CHURCH consists of a spacious nave, with aisles, a large western tower, and another at the intersection of the nave with the transepts. The only remaining part of the choir is a fine Gothic arch, with a few fragments of the walls, all the other ruins, at the east end and south side of the church, being cleared away in 1834, when two bodies were found wrapped in lead, and supposed to be the remains of Lady Albini and her infant, who, with the founder of the abbey, and many other of the Albini and Clifton families, were interred in the choir.

The interior of the church is still of great extent, and presents to the antiquary and draughtsman much to admire and delineate. The semicircular arches are ornamented with zig-zag mouldings, and above them are full-length figures of angels, supporting the roof. The whole is neatly pewed, but has no galleries, except one at the west end, occupied by the organ, which cost £700, and was given by Mrs. Farmer, in 1793. The large font is ornamented with bold sculpture, and elevated on steps. The pulpit was newly erected in 1824, and removed from the south side to the centre of the nave in 1837. A handsome monument, on the south side of the altar, is supposed to cover the remains of the last abbot, and is in various styles of architecture.

The Bishop of Ely is appropriator of the great tithes, and patron of the vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £10. 14s. 4d., and now enjoyed by the Rev. Daniel Jones, M.A. The tithes were commuted in 1839, for the yearly payments of £2169. 16s. 6d., to Thos. Baily, Esq., of Shrewsbury, the lessee of the appropriate rectory; and £772. 3s. 8d., to the vicar.

Here are six DISSENTING CHAPELS. The Wesleyans have one, which was built in 1825; and the Primitive Methodists have one at Silfield, built five years ago, and another in the Norwich road, erected in 1844. The Baptist Chapel, built many years ago, is under the ministry of the Rev. B. Burroughes. The Friends' Meeting House is a mile N.W. of the town, and was built in 1687. The first Quakers here met in an ancient chapel, or lazar-house, which stood upon a bridge over the Westwade rivulet, half a mile N.E. of the town, and was founded, by the founder of the Abbey, as a cell to the lazars of Burton.

The INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, now under the ministry of the Rev. James Rutherford, was built in 1652, and was vested by ROGER GAY, in 1715, with seven trustees, together with lands and tenements in Wilby and Wymondham, then of the yearly value of £36. 10s., of which he directed that £20 should be paid towards the support of the minister, and the remainder applied, as far as necessary, for the repairs of the chapel, and the residue divided among the poor of the congregation, or applied to such other uses as the trustees, minister, and congregation, should appoint. In 1745, the lands in Wilby were exchanged for a yearly rent-charge of £24 out of lands in Besthorpe, now belonging to the Earl of Albemarle. The premises in Wymondham now belonging to this trust, exclusive of the chapel, consist of a dwelling-house, two wheelwrights' shops, a barn, and 3A. 2R. 28P. of land, let at rents amounting to £22 per annum, which, with the £24 above-named, is carried to one account, with the rents of some cottages and houses, purchased for the use of the minister. In 1813, and subsequent years, considerable sums were expended in enlarging and altering the chapel, and in rebuilding and repairing the cottages: and a large Sunday School has lately been erected behind the chapel.

Here are several other Sunday Schools, a Free Grammar School, a large Charity School, and various Charities for the poor.

FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND OTHER CHARITIES. - Edward VI. and Queen Elizabeth granted to certain trustees, for the support of a Free Grammar School, and for other charitable and pious uses, in Wymondham, various lands, tenements, &c., that had belonged to the dissolved Guilds of Corpus Christi, Saint Thomas-a-Becket, and St. Peter. The Chapel of St. Thomas-a-Becket was converted into a school-room, in the early part of the reign of Elizabeth. In 1672, Robert Dey left a house in Chapelgate street, for the residence of the master, his family, and boarders, and gave £40 to be laid out in land, the rents thereof to be applied in apprenticing poor boys to trades. In 1683, John Verdon sold to the trustees 4A. of land for this legacy. In 1670, Thomas Taylor bequeathed his messuages, &c. in Wymondham, for the use of the poor parishioners. Blyth Meadow, 4A. in Wattlefield, was held in trust for the poor of Suton and Damgate.

Under the act of Parliament passed in 46th Geo. III., for the enclosure of the parish, various charity lands were given in exchange for other lands, and the commissioners, by their award in 1810, set out to the trustees "divers parcels of land, without distinguishing in respect of which of the ancient charity lands such allotments were made." A petition, filed in the Court of Chancery, in 1822, states that these exchanges had so confounded the charity lands that the petitioners were unable to ascertain to what charitable purposes the income was applicable; that the income had greatly increased, and the salary of £20, up to that time allowed to the schoolmaster, was insufficient to procure a proper person to fill that office; that many of the old rules had become inconvenient, and that the master's dwelling-house was unfit for the purpose; - it was therefore prayed that the court would approve of a new scheme for the future management of the charities. In 1825, the old school-house, and two other dwellings, were given in exchange to Cornelius Tipple, for an acre of garden ground, &c., and a large and commodious house for the master's residence.

The following are the most important provisions of the new scheme, which was sanctioned by the Court of Chancery, in 1826: That there shall be 12 trustees and 15 governors; that such of the trustees as reside in Wymondham, and the Vicar, shall be governors, and shall elect others to make up the number 15; that the school and master's house shall be kept in repair out of the rents; that the master must be a clergyman of the church of England, and a graduate of Oxford or Cambridge; that he may be dismissed for misconduct or incapacity, by a majority of the governors; that he shall have a yearly salary of £60; that all such boys of the parish as the governors appoint shall be educated at the school, and instructed by the master and his assistants, in reading, writing, arithmetic, the learned languages, and other useful learning, without any fee or gratuity; no boy to be admitted under eight, or above thirteen years of age, nor continue after eighteen; that the rent of Dey's charity land (£7. 6s. 6d.,) and the yearly sum of £5, part of the rents of other lands, shall be applied in apprenticing one or more boys, and that the residue, after paying the schoolmaster's salary, £60, shall be applied by the governors is distributions of coals, clothing, or small sums of money among the poor parishioners.

In 1833, the charity estates comprised 88A. 0R. 29P. of land, and several warehouses, &c., let for £197. 13s. 2d. per annum, besides a double cottage, called The Lizard, now let for £8 a year; and there was in that year about £750 of unapplied income, which will perhaps all be exhausted by the law expenses of the suit in chancery, which commenced in 1822, and is not yet finally settled. The Rev. Jph. Grisdale, the present master, teaches about 12 free scholars. In 1567, Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, founded a scholarship in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, for a boy from this school, who must be a native of the town.

The four FUEL ALLOTMENTS, awarded at the enclosure, in 1810, comprise 53A. 0R. 18P., let for £86. 10s. a year, which is distributed in coals, money, &c., among the poor parishioners, together with the funds set apart for the same purpose from the rents of the charity estates noticed with the Grammar School.

HENDRY'S CHARITY. - In 1722, John Hendry left £400 to be laid out in the purchase of a freehold estate, for the sole benefit of the Vicar of Wymondham, for the time being, upon condition that he should preach, or cause to be preached two sermons every Sunday in the year. He also bequeathed certain lands and tenements in Crownthorpe and Wymondham, to the vicar for the time being, in trust, to apply the rents and profits thereof as follows;- 50s. yearly to be distributed amongst aged unmarried women; 10s. for yearly distribution among the poor of Crownthorpe; and the residue to be applied for the benefit of the Charity School, in Wymondham, for the instruction of poor children to read and write, and to bind them out to trades.

And he devised all his lands, called Flory's, in Wymondham, to Philip Carver and his heirs, upon condition that they should pay to the Vicar £3. 10s. yearly, for preaching a sermon every Friday in Lent. The £400 was laid out in the purchase of a house, and 25A. 2R. 16P., in Wicklewood, now let for £38. 5s. a year, which is received by the vicar. The estate devised for education, &c., was mostly exchanged at the enclosure, and now consists of 1A. 1R. 20P., in Crownthorpe, and 18A. 26P., in Wicklewood, let at rents amounting to £27 per annum, of which 50s. is divided amongst 25 "ancient maids," and the residue is applied towards the support of five CHARITY SCHOOLS, which are supported chiefly by the vicar and other subscribers, and afford instruction, on the National system, to about 300 children. These schools are in hired rooms, except the two largest, which occupy a commodious building, erected by the Rev. Wm. Papillon, who was vicar here from 1788 till a few years ago.

In 1692, ANN BLACKBORNE left, for the poor of Wymondham, £100, and to increase her charity, her executor, Francis le Neve, added as much as purchased a yearly rent-charge of £8. 2s, out of an estate in Suton, (now belonging to the Wade family,) to be paid to the Vicar, and disposed of in several distributions among the poor parishioners, by him and the owner of Burfield Hall.

The divisional County Prison, or BRIDEWELL, at Wymondham, was erected in 1787, on the plan recommended by the philanthropic Mr. Howard; but after the removal of the prisoners to the new gaol at Norwich, in 1827, it remained unoccupied till 1832, when it was re-opened, chiefly for the incarceration of females; and those sentenced to hard labour are employed in washing and sewing for the male prisoners at Norwich. The average number of prisoners, in 1842, was 19. Mrs. Macintyre is the matron; the Rev. D. Jones, chaplain; and Mr. R.J. Tunaley, surgeon.

The town is in Long Stratton Police Division. Two officers are stationed here, and there is a Lock-up, or "clink," in Church street. Petty Sessions are held at the King's Head Inn, on the third Tuesday of every month, as noticed on page 431 [which is the entry for Forehoe Hundred].

On Sunday morning, June 11, 1615, while the inhabitants were at church, the town was set on FIRE, by a party of "Egyptians," or gipsies, and upwards of 300 houses were consumed, valued, with their contents, at above £40,000. In 1631, the town was visited by the plague.

In 1400, Bishop Wakering placed it under a papal interdict, because the people did not ring the bells when he passed through the town. Richard Crashfield and Francis Knight were burnt here, for not conforming to the Roman Catholic faith, in the reign of Queen Mary.

Robt. and Wm. Kett, who headed the formidable insurrection in 1549, were natives of Wymondham. (Vide pages 61 and '2 [which is part of the History of Norwich].) Robert was hanged in chains on the castle at Norwich, and William upon the high steeple of Wymondham church.

This parish gave name to the distinguished FAMILY OF WINDHAM, which was ramified into several branches, resident at Felbrigg, Cromer, and Earsham, in this county, and at other places in Wiltshire, Somersetshire, and Glamorganshire. In 1204, Wm. de Wimundham, being skilled in chemistry and metallurgy, was appointed overseer of the lead mines in Devonshire, and extracted immense quantities of silver from the lead ore.

The POST-OFFICE is at Mr. Rd. Francis', Market street. The Mail departs to London, &c., at 6 evening, and to Norwich and Yarmouth, at 8 morning.

In the following DIRECTORY OF WYMONDHAM PARISH, those marked 1, reside in Back street; 2, Bridewell street; 3, Church street; 4, Cock street; 5, Damgate street; 6, Downham; 7, Fairland street; 8, Market place; 9, Market street; 10, Norwich road; 11, Silfield; 12, Suton; 13, Town green; 14, Vicar street; and 15, in Wattlefield.

          1 Beeston    Mr John
          5 Betts      John
         13              & Thos.         carriers
         12 Bradfield  Fisher            tea dealer
          7 Bunn       Wm.               fireman
         12 Burroughes Miss Ann Diana    Burfield Hall
          1 Cann       John Stephenson   solicitor, and clerk to magistrates,
                                           commissioner of taxes, &c.
          6 Cann       Sml. & Thos.      gents  [see note below]
          6 Cann       Mrs M.                   [see note below]
         12 Cann       Wm. Robert, Esq.  brewer, spirit merchant, &c; h Cavick
         10 Cannell    Mr Aquilla
         14 Clarke     Edward Palmer     solicitor
         14 Clarke     Caudell           solicitor's clerk
          8 Clarke     Wm. Robert        brewer, &c.
          9 Clarke     Wm.               earthenware dealer
          4 Cullyer    Mrs Joanna
         13 Daniel     Wm.               gentleman
          5 Fickling   Robt.             carrier to Norwich
          3 Forster    Rt.               bookbinder & par. clerk
          8 Futter     Wm.               police  [see note below]
          2 Glasspoole Wm.
            & Standley   Jno.            auctioneers, general agents, &c
         14 Graver     Misses Cath.
                         and Ann
         12 Harman     Mr Leonard
          7 Hubbard    Thos.             veterinary surgeon
         13 Grisdale   Rev Joseph        curate of Wattlefield, and
                                           master of Grammar School
            Jermy      Isaac, Esq.       barrister, & recorder of Norwich,
                                           Stanfield Hall
            Jermy      J.J. Esq
         14 Jones      Rev Daniel, M.A.  vicar
         14 Jones      Rev David         curate
         13 Judd       Mr John
         13 Kerry      John              relieving officer
          6 Knapman    Lieutenant John   R.N.
          2 Macintyre  Mrs J.            matron, Bridewell
          6 Mays       Thomas            veterinary surgeon
          7 Matthews   John              cattle dealer
          8 Matthews   Thomas            cattle dealer
          5 Mendham    Hy.               dyer & musician
         15 Mitchell   John              solicitor
         12 Mitchell   Samuel            gentleman
          3 Nash       John Allen        collector of rates
            Neave      Jas.              gent. Downham Grove
          5 Piggins    James             clothes dealer
          8 Pont       Geo.              police  [see note below]
          3 Reeve      Mr Benj.
          5 Reynolds   Zach.
         12 Rush       Jas. Blomfield    land agent
          7 Rutherford Rev Jas.          (Indpt. min.)
          2 Secker     Ellen & Wm.       basket mkrs
          8 Semmence   Rt. L.            dish turner, &c
          8 Sheppard   Mrs Elizabeth
          5 Shildrake  Mr John
         11 Skoulding  Frederick, Esquire
          2 Standley   John              auctioneer, &c
         13 Stone      Mrs
          6 Tillott    John              gent
            Tipple     Wm. Howes         gent. Dyke Beck
            Tipple     Mr Jasper H.                 [see note below]
            Tipple     Geo.              constable  [see note below]
            Watson     Mrs H.
            White      Mr James Coe
            Wodehouse  Lord              Kimberley Hall
 
               INNS AND TAVERNS.
 
          6 Plowman    Samuel            Bell Inn
         14 High       Wm.               Coach and Horses
          4 Watson     Samuel            Cock
          8 Semmence   Rt.               Cross Keys (turner)
          9 Cross      Mary              Dog and Duck
         13 Burcham    John              Dove
          5 Cranness   Wm.               Duke's Head
         11 Pert       John              Dun Cow
         13 Hubbard    Wm.               Feathers
          8 Huggins    Rt.               George (cattle dlr)
          3 Semmence   Robert            Goat
          3 Clarke     Caudell           Green Dragon
          9 Foulsham   Richard           Griffin Inn
          8 Rackham    Thomas, junior    King's Head Inn
         12 Barker     Thos.             King of Prussia
         13 Nelson     Horatio           Leather Bottle
         11 Bunn       Austin            Mariners
          8 Lovick     Robert            Queen's Arms
          2 Rackham    Ths., sen         Queen's Head
          5 Smith      Wm.               Rising Sun
          5 Sant       Jonathan          Rose and Crown
         11 Wright     Hy.               Rule and Compass
         12 Kett       Wm.               Sawyers
         12 Ringer     Sarah Ann         Three Boars
          5 Cross      John Brewster     Two Brewers
          9 Rush       Jas.              White Hart (O.F. Lodge)
         12 Fuller     David             White Horse
         14 Crosby     Wm.               White Swan
         10 Neale      Robert            Windmill
          7 Hubbard    Robert            Woolpack
 
                                ACADEMIES.
                             * Charity Schls.
 
          2 Barnard    Walter            14 Kemp        Mary A.
         11 Callow     Joanna             8*Kett        Susan
          3 Cooper     Jane               3*Mears       Francis Doyley
          6 Cooper     John              12*Nobbs       Eliz.
          8*Cross      Eliz.              3 Tipple      Mary
          5 Field      Eliz.              9 White       Emma
            Grisdale   Rev Jph.           7 Wright      Keziah
                         Grammar Schl
 
              ATTORNEYS.
 
          8 Cann       John S.
         13 Daniel     Wm.
         14 Mitchell
             and Clarke
 
              BAKERS.                         BEER HOUSES.
 
         13 Buttolph   Wm. Goldsmith        Adams       Samuel
            Cattermole Wm.               12 Brewster    Sar.
          5 Harvey     Robert Parsons     4 Cann        Samuel
          8 Harvey     Wm. P.             5 Garrod      Joseph
          5 Long       Robert            11 Gill        James
         13 Rudling    John              10 Gudrum      Chas.
          7 Self       Eliz.             12 Harrison    Thos.
          9 Smith      Eliz.              5 Harvey      Wm.
          5 Stone      Sarah             12 Maddis      Wm.
         13 Tipple     Sarah              1 Oldfield    Robert
                                          7 Trixon      Hannah
                                          6 Turrell     Wm.
 
                                              BOOKSELLER,
              BLACKSMITHS.                    Printer, &c.
 
         12 Ayton      Charles            9 White       Mary
         12 Barnard    Rd.
          6 Cowell     John
         12 Cavell     Wm.
          3 Dannock    Robt.
         13 Kemp       Richard
            Kemp       John
          4 Reeve      John
 
                             Boot & Shoe Mkrs.
 
          8 Barnard    John               6 Fox         John
          7 Bunn       John              12 Hubbard     John
          5 Butcher    James             12 Lee         Wm.
          6 Cann       Thomas             2 Long        Robert
          9 Clarke     Wm.                7 Rudderham   Rt.
         12 Clarke     W.N.               4 Skipper     John
          9 Cowell     Henry              5 Smith       Jobson
         12 Cowell     Thos.             12 Smith       James
         12 Cushing    James             13 Watson      Henry
          7 Daniel     James              3 Weston      Edw.
          5 Dye        Robert            13 Wick        Wm.
         12 Forkes     John
 
              Brewers, Maltsters,
              and Wine & Spirit Merts.
 
          8 Cann &
             Clarke
 
              Bricklayers.                    Brick Maker.
 
         12 Robins     Wm Isc             6 Cann        Thos. Fdk.
         10 Thurston   Wm.
         13 Woodbine   Rt.
 
                                 BUTCHERS.
 
         13 Bale       Wm.                5 Cross       John B.
          5 Bevator    Wm.                9 Davey       Maria
         13 Burcham    John              13 Denny       John
          8 Burt       Eliz.              6 Plowman     Saml.
          9 Cross      Mary              13 Sparkhall   Jno.
          5 Cross      John
 
              Chemists, & Drgts               Corn Millers.
 
          8 Fison      James             12 Bolton      Esau
          8 Skoulding  Wm.               13 Cann        John
                                         11 Chambers    Jno.
              COOPERS.                    6 Jermyn      Wm., Browick
 
          5 Bunn       John
         13 Harvey     Jesse
 
                                              CURRIERS.
              Corn, &c Dealers.           (* Cutters only.)
 
          3 Cross      Sarah             12 Ayton       James
          2 Glasspoole Wm                 8 Barnard     John
          2 Standley   John              13*Foulsham    Sl.
          5 Taylor     Thomas             9 Shalders    Wm.
                                         13 Smith       Page
                                          2*Watson      John
 
                                 FARMERS.
 
          6 Alpe       Edward             7 Leatherdale Ts.
         12 Bailey     John              12 Leatherdale J.
         11 Banham     Rt.               12 Long        James
         15 Balls      John              15 Long        Robert
          6 Barker     Wm.               11 Long        David
         12 Barnard    Brdgt.            11 Mace        Joseph
         11 Barnard    Jas.              11 Mace        Daniel
          6 Barnard    Robt.              6 Mays        Thomas
          6 Bretten    Robert             7 Matthews    John
          6 Browne     Charles              Matthews    Robt.
         11 Bunn       Anthy.            11 Miller      John
         12 Burrell    Ann                  Neave       James,
          6 Burrell    Wm.                                Downham Grv
         11 Buttolph   Wm.                6 Postle      Sml. Tolver,
          6 Cann       Thos. Fdk.                         Browick
         12 Cann       Wm.               15 Potter      Thos.
          6 Cann       Samuel            11 Press       Edward
         12 Carpenter  Jph.              11 Race        Wm.
         12 Colman     Wm H.              6 Race        Miller
          6 Cook       Robert            12 Reynolds    Jthn.
         11 Cooper     James             15 Rix         Robert
         12 Daniel     James             11 Rolfe       James
          6 Ellis      Wm.               12 Rush        Jas. B.
         12 Gray       George            15 Simmons     Wm.
         15 Hardy      Wm.               15 Smith       Robert
         15 Hall       John              11 Smith       Robert
          6 Hart       G. (exors.)       13 Sparkhall   Jno.
         15 Howes      James             11 Stanfield   Stn.
          2 Humphreys  Jas.              12 Stanforth   Saul
         11 Jermyn     Wm.                3 Standley    John
         15 Kemp       Henry              8 Taylor      Wm.
          6 King       John Batson,      11 Thurston    Jthn.
                         Northfld        12 Wade        Mary
         11 Lain       Bartin [sic]      12 Weston      Gdfry.
         11 Lain       Edward             6 Wright      Murrell
         15 Leeder     James              6 Youngman    John Turner
 
              Gardeners, &c.                  GROCERS And Drapers.
 
          8 Lovick     Robert             9 Adshead     Joseph (tea dlr)
          5 Sant       Jonathan           8 Johnson     George Godwin
          5 Smith      Wm.                9 Morris      Noah
                                          8 Parker      Jas. & Sons
              Glovers, &c.               14 Tipple      Sarah
                                          9 Turner      David
          5 Gooch      John               7 Woods       Henry
          9 Traxon     Esau               9 Wright      Cath.
 
              GUNSMITHS.                      Horse Letters.
 
          2 Parsley    Robt.              7 Davy        Wm.
          7 Rudderham  Ed.                5 Fickling    Robt.
                                          8 Rackham     Thos.
 
              Hair Dressers.                  Ironmongers, &c.
 
          9 Nobbs      James              9 Dannock     Wm.
          5 Seeley     John Hy.           8 Francis     Richd.
          9 Skipper    James              8 Reynolds    Noah
                                          9 Smith       Eliz.
 
                               JOINERS, &c.
 
          2 Camp       Wm.                5 Harvey      Wm.
          2 Canham     Chas.              2 Kemp        Wm.
          9 Clarke     Wm.                5 Kett        Jacob
          7 Colman     James             12 Kett        Wm.
          5 Cranness   Jas., (well       13 Poll        John Cooper
                         sinker)         13 Whitaker    Rd.
 
                              Milliners, &c.
 
          8 Bale       Charlotte         13 Leatherdale A.
          3 High       Mrs (stays)        9 Nobbs       Maria
          9 Hubbard    Ann                8 Rudling     Mary
          5 Ives       Julia             12 Sparkhall   R.
                                          2 Standley    Mary
 
              Plumbers, Glzrs.,
              & Painters.                     SADDLERS.
 
          5 Bowgen     Philip             7 Holman      Thos.
          9 Cook       Charles            9 Mason       Benj
          8 Cooper     Chas.              9 Wright      Robert
          2 Halls      Robert
 
                               SHOPKEEPERS.
 
          5 Barker     Wm.               13 Poll        John Cooper
         13 Culpitt    Wm.                5 Smith       John
          5 Fromow     John               2 Standley    Jas.
          6 Lee        Ann                9 Taylor      Mary
         12 Neave      Jonthn.           13 Willimott   Jas.
 
              SURGEONS.
 
         14 Colman     Thos. Edw. Tawell
          8 Lewis      Lewis [sic]
          8 Skoulding  John
          8 Tunaley    Rt. Js. (& registrar)
 
                                 TAILORS.
                            (* Drapers also.)
 
         13 Cabon      Cphr.             13 Riches      Watson
         13 Clarke     Samuel            12 Self        John
          7*Cowell     James              5 Shildrake   John
          5 Culpitt    John               3*Standley    Wm.
          9*Davey      John               3 Traxon      Esau
          7*Davey      Wm.                5 Wright      Thos.
          9*Parker     James
 
              Watchmakers.                    Wheelwrights.
 
          8 Francis    Richd.            13 Cann        Samuel
          9 Perfitt    Ephraim            7 Saunders    Wm.
                         Joseph           2 Standley    Jas.
                                          2 Standley    Wm.
                                         12 Standley    Wm.
 

MAIL, to London, 6 evg., and to Norwich 8 mrng. COACHES and CARRIERS, to Norwich, &c. pass daily; but after the Norwich and Brandon Railway is opened, in the summer of 1845, many of the present conveyances will give place to the Railway Trains, which will leave Wymondham Station several times a day, for London, Norwich, &c.


Note: in the original these are:
   6 Cann Sml. & Thos. gents; & Mrs M.
   8 Pont Geo. & Futter Wm. police
      Tipple Mr Jasper H. || Geo. constable


See also the Wymondham parish page.

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