A parish and considerable village in South Erpingham hundred, Aylsham
Union, East Norfolk, 2 miles south of Aylsham, and 10 north from Norwich:
contained, in 1851, 662 inhabitants. The area of the parish is 1,819
acres; the soil belongs to various owners. W. Repton, Esq., is lord of
the manor.
The church of All Saints has a nave, chancel, and square tower, 8 bells,
and an ancient screen and font. The chancel has some stones to the
memory of the Norris and other families. The living is a rectory, in the
gift of the Earl of Lichfield; the Rev. John Gunton, B.A., is the
incumbent, by whom a neat rectory house has been built, assisted by Queen
Anne’s bounty, the tithes commuted for £344. The poor’s land produces a
rental of £16 5s. per annum. Here is a school, supported by the rector.
The Primitive Methodists have a chapel here.
Cook, John, shopkeeper and brickmaker
Elvin, David, miller
Elvin, William, shopkeeper
Farmer, James, farmer
Forster, William, schoolmaster to parish school
Gunton, Rev. John, rector
Howlett, John, farmer
Jones, John, boot and shoe maker and shopkeeper
Jones, John, farmer
Jones, Robert, boot and shoe maker
Kellington, Samuel, post-office
Lake, William, White Hart
Lambert, John, farmer
Marsham, Rev. Henry, rector of Brampton and curate of Stratton, Marsham
Hall
Mason, Edward, Plough and Shuttle
Moore, Edward, blacksmith
Skipper, Isaac, boot and shoe maker
Soam, Peter, farmer
Spink, Peter, shopkeeper
Tredwell, John, farmer
Warnes, Miss Elizabeth
Warnes, Mrs. Emily, Baldwick Hall
Watts and Brothers, farmers
Wighton, Thomas, farmer