Attleborough, a small market town and railway station, 15 miles from
Norwich, 5½ from Wymondham, and 14¾ from Thetford. The population in
1851 was 2,324, and about 5,251 acres of land. One long street includes
most of the houses. The market is on Thursday, and the fairs are held on
the Thursday Easter and Whit-Sunday, and August 15th for cattle; also a
pleasure fair the day before March assizes. The Norwich and Brandon
railway passes close to the town, where a handsome station has been
erected, distant from London 110 miles.
The church, which is a noble edifice, with spacious tower containing six
bells, is much admired for its antiquity. The living is a rectory, in
the gift of Sir Wm. B. Smijth, Bart.; the present incumbent is the Rev.
A. J. E. B. Smijth, M.A., and the curate the Rev. S. A. Cooke, M.A. Sir
W. B. Smijth, Bart., is lord of the manor.
Here are chapels for the Wesleyans, Baptists, &c.; also a National
School, well supported and attended.
POST-OFFICE—George Parson, postmaster. Money Orders granted and paid at
this office.
CLERGY, GENTRY. &c.
Beevor, Thomas, Esq., Market hill
Cooke, Rev. Stephen Atkinson, curate
Doughty, Mr. Samuel, Mares’ street
King, Mrs. Sarah, London road
Lemmon, Rev. James, Wesleyan Minister, Rivett’s lane
Marner, John, Esq., Market hill
Salter, William, Esq., Norwich road
Smijth, Rev. A. J. E., rector
Warrel, Mrs. Sarah, London road
TRADES, PROFESSIONS, &c.
Allen, George, horse-breaker
Anderson, Sarah Ann, milliner and dress-maker, Mill street
Ayton, Charles, builder and appraiser, Church street
Ayton, Robert, carpenter and joiner, Market hill
Bacon, James, accountant, Market street
Barker, George, tailor, Market hill
Barker, Sarah, White Hart, Market hill
Barnard, Robert, baker and tea dealer
Barnard, William, painter, plumber, and glazier, Mares’ street
Barnard, William, tailor, London road
Bateman, William, tailor and draper, Rivett’s lane
Beale, James, printer, Norwich road
Bowden, William, builder, Back lane
Brown, Rev. William Shrieve, minister to the Baptist Chapel, Rivett’s
lane
Buckenham, William, miller, Mares’ str.
Byles, John, grocer and draper
Caffay, Richard, shopkeeper
Cage, James, basket-maker and cooper, London road
Caley, Samuel W., the Grapes, news agent, Mares’ street
Calver, John, farmer, West carr
Canham, John, the new Inn and Commercial house, near the Railway station
Chatters, Henry, boot and shoe maker, London road
Childerhouse, William, farmer and dealer, West carr
Clarke, James, farmer, Borough common
Clifford, Thomas, Fair View Cottage, London road
Cockell, Charles, solicitor
Cockell, Mrs. Jane, farmer, Church plain
Colman, Mr., farmer, West carr
Cook, John, White Horse inn, London road
Cowles, William, farmer, West carr
Crawford, John, station master
Cushing, Stephen, Odd Fellows’ Arms, Mill street
Dawes, William, watch and clock maker, Market hill
Defew, William, saddle and harness maker, Church street
Downs, James, farmer, West carr
Downs, John, farmer, West carr
Drake, Charles, coachmaker, the street
Eaton, John, auctioneer and appraiser
Ebbage, Robert, the Bear inn, blacksmith, and machine maker, Bear road
Etheridge, Ann, boot and shoe maker
Etheridge, Henry, boot maker, Mares’ street
Fox, Mary, Mrs., green-grocer
Francis, James, general shopkeeper and druggist, Market street
Franklin, Frederic F. and George F., solicitors
Franklin, Frederic F., clerk to the County Court office, and agent to the
Phœnix Fire office and Palladium Life office
Gates, Mr. James, Lay’s farm
Gayford, William, licensed to let horses for hire, Market street
Goldspink, Richard, butcher, Mill street
Green, John, farmer, West carr
Green, Mary Ann, the Crown, Church st.
Hewitt, William, butcher and salesman, Market street
Hazelwood, Robert, painter, plumber, and glazier, Ellingham road
Hill, George, postman, London road
Hipper, Charles, King’s Head, London road
Howes, Charles, tailor, London road
Howlett, George, ironmonger and brazier, Market street
Hubbard, Henry, farmer, West carr
Huggins, Mr., farmer
Jessup, Mr., farmer, Borough common
Kettringham, Robert, bricklayer and broker, Market hill
Lane, Mrs., farmer
Lawrance, Michael, farmer, Borough common
Leighton, Charles, corn merchant and maltster, Rivett’s lane
Leyton, John, butcher, Market street
Lincoln, Miss Elizabeth, ladies’ boarding academy, Norwich road
Littleproud, Alfred, grocer and draper
Littleproud, William, baker
Lovett, Robert, miller, the street
Lovick, Sarah, the Angel inn, Market street
Mann, Thomas, Norwich carrier, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, Market
hill
Merry, Robert, corn and coal merchant, Norwich road
Miles, William, saddle and harness, Mill street
Muskett, Alfred, grocer and draper, and manager to the bank, Market hill
Myhill, John, farmer, Mares’ street
Nicholls, John, clothier and harness maker, Mill street
Orford, Robert, carpenter and joiner, London road
Parke, William B., manager to the Goods department of the railway station
Parson, George B., postmaster and printer, Market hill
Pinnock, Jonathan, bricklayer, Mares’ st.
Pinnock, William, boot and shoe maker, London road
Potter, George, surgeon
Potter, Joseph, farmer, Borough common
Ponder, Thomas, tailor, Market hill
Revel, William, Norwich Castle
Robinson, Charles, brick and tile merchant, Norwich road
Rose, James, grocer and draper, Market street
Salter, George William, auctioneer and land agent, Market street; h Old
Buckenham
Salter, Thomas, architect and land Surveyor, Norwich road
Sewell, Mary, the Griffin inn, Market street
Shickle, John, inspector of weights and measures
Simmons, John, miller, Rivett’s lane
Simpson, William, auctioneer and farmer, Back lane
Smith, James, boot and shoe maker, Mill street
Spanton, Christopher, agent for the Norwich Union Fire office and Norwich
Equitable Fire office
Sparkall, John, farmer, Nobbs’ corner farm
Sparrow, Jonathan, shopkeeper, Mill street
Stebbings, Michael, farmer and dealer, Rivett’s lane
Stebbings, William, cattle dealer, London road
Tillett, John, tailor, London road
Toop, Francis Hart, the Cock inn, Mares’ street
Turner, John, blacksmith
Upston, George, seedsman, London road
Upston, William, dealer in Sheffield goods
Vince, Benjamin, farmer
Walsh, Gerald, coal merchant, Market hill
Ward, John, farmer, Borough common
Warren, John, watch and clock maker, Church street
Warren, Charles Ling, farmer
Webster, James, hair dresser, Market street
Webster, William, boot and shoe maker, Market street
Wells, Samuel, registrar of births, deaths, and marriages for the
district, Market hill
Wiles, Charles Barsham, surgeon, Market hill
Wright, Daniel E., provision house and butcher, Church street
Wright, John, wheelwright
Wright, Mrs., straw bonnet maker and dyer, Back lane