Reepham is a small market town, on the banks of the Eyn brook, a branch
of the Wensum; 6 miles N.E. of Elmham station. 136 miles from London,
and 12 N.W. from Norwich, and extends into four parishes, which contain
together, 1,800 inhabitants; the acreage of the four parishes is 2,427.
The chief trade of this town is in malt for ale, the parish being well
adapted for the growth of barley. There is also a large brewery, and two
extensive tanneries. The market, which is held on Wednesday, being for
corn and cattle; and a fair is held on June 29th, for stock, horses, &c.
A police station has been erected on the Dereham road, about a quarter of
a mile from the market-place, opened March, 1856. There are also two
fire engines kept in this parish. Engine house situated in the Back
lane.
The living is a rectory, value £600 per annum, with Kerdistone. There
are two Cemeteries: one for the parish of Reepham with Kerdistone, and
the other for the parish of Hackford with Whitwell; consecrated, July
9th, 1856, by Dr. Henry Spencer, late of Madras.
Reepham and Kerdistone, ST. MARY’S CHURCH. Rev. Frederic Field, M.A.,
Rector: Rev. Richard Gilbert, B.A., Curate.
Hackford and Whitwell. Rev. Edward Holley, M.A., Rector; Rev. Frederic
Thompson, Curate.
Wesleyan Chapel, Wesleyan Reform Chapel, Primitive Methodist Chapel;
various Ministers.
POST OFFICE. Miss Amelia Sands, postmistress. Letters arrive from
Norwich at 9 a.m., and are dispatched at 25 min. to 5 p.m. The box
closes at 4 p.m., but letters can be posted till 4½ p.m., by affixing an
extra stamp.
Insurance Agents. Equitable Fire office, Robert Keeler. Norwich Union
Fire and Life, and Norwich Hail Storm Company, George St. John, and F. S.
Bircham, solicitor.
Parish Clerk, Henry Bishop.
CLERGY, GENTRY, &c.
Bircham, William, Esq., the Ollands
Bircham, William, jun., Esq., Hackford
Collyer, the Very Rev. John Bedingfield, archdeacon of Norwich, Hackford
hall
Field, Rev. Frederic, M.A., rectory
George, Mr. Robert, Hackford
Gilbert, Rev. Richard, B.A., curate
Holly, Rev. Edward, M.A., Hackford
Leamon, Robert, Esq., Whitwell
Leeds, Stephen, Esq., Whitwell
Thompson, Rev. Frederic, curate, Hackford
TRADES, PROFESSIONS, &c.
Alderton, Thomas, farmer
Amiss, John, wheelwright, Hackford
Amiss, Richard, grocer and draper, Hackford
Andrews, George O., excise officer, Reepham
Baldwin, Nathaniel, shoemaker
Barker, Robert, grocer, &c., Hackford
Barrett, Martin, blacksmith, Hackford
Barrett, Robert, miller, Whitwell
Barrett, Mrs. Sarah, farmer, Whitwell
Besford, John, farmer, Kerdistone
Bircham, F. S., Esq., solicitor, clerk to the magistrates of this
hundred, and to the commissioners of Income tax, and agent to the Norwich
Union Fire and Life offices, Hackford
Bircham and Parmeter, brewers, maltsters, and spirit merchants, Hackford
Bishop, Henry, plumber and glazier, the Duke of York, parish clerk,
apparitor for the diocese, and carrier, Hackford
Briggs, James, cabinet maker, Hackford
Brown, William, smith, Kerdistone
Buck, James, boys’ school, Hackford
Bush, John, King’s Arms, Hackford
Burcham, Thomas, tailor, Hackford
Burton, John, shoemaker, Hackford
Burton, Joseph W., butcher, Hackford
Burton, Thomas, butcher, Hackford
Cooper, Orlando H., academy, Hackford
Davidson, James, baker, Hackford
Doughty, William, plumber and glazier
Dungar, Thomas, farmer, Whitwell
Dyball, Robert, horse breaker, Hackford
Dye, Henry, farmer, Kerdistone
Eglington, Emerson, tailor, Hackford
Eglington, Mark, farmer, Whitwell
Ellis, Edward, saddler, Hackford
English, John, shoemaker, Hackford
Filby, John, farmer, Kerdistone
Fish, James, shoemaker, Hackford
Frankland, Robert, ironmonger, Hackford
Frankland, Robert, shoemaker, Hackford
George, Henry, farmer, Kerdistone
George, William, ironmonger, Hackford
Hart, Thomas G., grocer and draper, Hackford
Hawes, James, tailor, Hackford
Hill, Charles W., tailor and draper, Hackford
Howard, George, carpenter, Hackford
Howe, Samuel, Lord Nelson, Hackford
Hurrell, Dennis, V.R. and George and Dragon, Hackford
Hurrell, T., grocer and draper, Hackford
Isaacks, Nathaniel, grocer and draper, Hackford
Jewell, George, veterinary surgeon, Hackford
Keeler, R., grocer and draper, Hackford
Lacey, John, druggist and stationer, Hackford
Leamon, Robert, tanner and timber merchant, Whitwell hall
Leeds, Stephen, farmer, Kerdistone
Leeds, William, Sun inn, and carrier, Hackford
Mason, Edward, cooper, Hackford
Neale, William, baker, Hackford
Parke, William B., farmer
Partridge, Thomas J., farmer
Perry, Charles H., surgeon, Hackford
Prior, Henry, saddler, Hackford
Pumfrey, James, farmer, Kerdistone
Rodham, William M., farmer, Hackford
Rudd, William, hairdresser, Hackford
Scurll, Brettingham, baker, Hackford
Secker, John, basket maker, Hackford
Seeley, Barnabas L., farmer, Kerdistone
Sewell, John, farmer, Hackford
Sewell, William, carpenter, Hackford
Smith, Mrs. Susan, farmer, Kerdistone
Springall, Thomas, bricklayer
Staples, Thomas, chemist and druggist, Hackford
St. John, George, grocer and draper, Hackford
Tann, Thomas, farmer, Kerdistone
Tindale, William, grocer and draper
Timber, Elizabeth, grocer and draper, Hackford
Travis, Thomas, Greyhound, Hackford
Tuddenham, Richard, cooper, Hackford
Vardigans, Mary Ann, bonnet maker, Hackford
Vial, Samuel, Victoria Fall Gate, Whitwell
Watson, James, Cock inn, Whitwell
Watson, Job H., shoemaker, Hackford
Watson, Job H., grocer and draper
Whurr, Thomas, tea dealer, Whitwell
Woolmer, Jas. S., watchmaker, Hackford
Wright, David, plumber and glazier