A large village, pleasantly situated in Henstead Union, 6 miles S.E. of
Norwich, with 485 inhabitants, and containing 1,338 acres of rich,
well-cultivated land, in the vale of the Yare. Sir Charles H. Rich is
lord of the chief manor, and the present proprietors are Hudson Gurney,
Esq., and Robert Gilbert, jun., Esq. The church (St. Mary) is a neat
building, on a height, and commands an extensive view of the country: it
has a chancel and aisle, with thatched roof, and a small square tower.
The ivy-covered ruins of another church are still visible in the same
churchyard. The living is a rectory annexed to Holverstone, in the gift
of Queen’s College, Cambridge, and incumbency of the Rev. J. Dewe, B.A.,
who lives in the rectory, a new residence adjoining the churchyard; and
at the southern extremity of the village, in a vale of the river Yare, is
the New Inn, commanding a most extensive view of the river and broad, or
lake, of nearly 100 acres. There is a National School for educating 50
children.
Beeston, Robert, smith and iron-founder
Blaza, Philip, farmer
Blake, George, brickmaker
Blake, Robert, shopkeeper
Coleman, Mr. John
Coleman, Rhoda, school-mistress
Dewe, Rev. Joseph, B.D., Rectory
Edwards, John, farmer
Forder, Richard, carpenter
Forder, Robert, thatcher
George, George, farmer
Gilbert, Robert, farmer
Goodrum, Richard, farmer
Potter, James, gardener
Rudd, Henry, victualler, the Crown
Roberts, James, shopkeeper and wheel-wright
Rudd, Miss Jane
Minns, George, farmer
Nobbs, Samuel, farmer
Thurston, Robert, saddler
West, John, victualler, Star
Watson, William, victualler, New Inn
Wickham, James, bricklayer