Rogers' Directory of Norwich and NeighbourhoodRogers, Edmund Dawson
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Rogers' Directory of Norwich and Neighbourhood
Rogers, Edmund Dawson
Norwich (England) -- Directories
GREAT AND LITTLE PORINGLAND. GREAT or EAST PORINGLAND, 4½ miles from
Norwich, is in Henstead union and hundred. The Earl of Roseberry is lord
of the manor. The living is a rectory, with residence; the Rev. S.
Brereton is the patron and incumbent, and the Rev. L. C. Wallich, M.A.,
is the curate. LITTLE PORINGLAND is chiefly the property of the Rev. J.
Holmes, who is also lord of the manor. It is united with Great
Poringland for the support of the poor, but not with regard to the roads.
The church is in ruins. The living is a curacy consolidated with the
rectory of Howe. The population of the joint parishes in 1851, was 605.
GREAT PORINGLAND.
PRIVATE RESIDENT.
Wallich, Rev. Leonard Calder, M.A., curate
COMMERCIAL.
Aylmer, William, The Dove
Beverly, Thomas, corn miller and farmer
Beverly, Tobias, farmer
Beverly, William, yeoman
Bullen, John, carpenter
Bullen, Thomas, wheelwright and carpenter
Case, William Drackett, blacksmith
Chalker, Mrs. Sarah, dressmaker
Critoph, Joseph, shopkeeper
Edwards, James, beer retailer and well sinker
Fransham, Mrs. Susannah, farmer
Goodrum, Benjamin, blacksmith
King, Charles, farmer
Lake, James, cattle dealer
Lawrence, James, White Hart, and well sinker and pump maker
Laws, R., White Swan, and bricklayer
Lincoln, John, blacksmith
Matthews, Norman, farmer
Palmer, Herbert, wheelwright and shopkeeper
Parker, John, miller and poor’s rate collector
Taylor, Joseph, shoemaker
Thetford, Robert Johnson, farmer
Todd, David, cattle dealer
Todd, J., cattle dealer, farmer and butcher
Utting, James, parish clerk
Utting, Mrs. Lydia, pork butcher
Wright, Jonathan, shopkeeper
LITTLE PORINGLAND.
COMMERCIAL.
Burrell, John, farmer
Hubbard, Charles, farmer
Seago, Thomas, farmer
Shortins, James, farmer
* * * * *
GREAT MELTON, in Humbleyard hundred and union of Henstead, is 3 miles
from Hethersett station, and 6 from Norwich. The Hall is a plain
mansion, the seat of Charles Lombe, Esq., lord of the manor and chief
owner. The living is a rectory, with residence, in the gift of Caius
College, Cambridge, and the incumbent is the Rev. Charles Eyres, M.A.
The village school-room, a very handsome building, was erected in 1850,
at the sole expense of Charles Lombe, Esq. The school, which is for boys
and girls, is conducted on the National system, and supported by the lord
of the manor and the Rev. Charles Eyres, with a small weekly payment from
the scholars.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Eyres, Rev. Charles, M.A., rector
Rose, Mr. Thomas
COMMERCIAL.
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