Rogers' Directory of Norwich and NeighbourhoodRogers, Edmund Dawson
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Rogers' Directory of Norwich and Neighbourhood
Rogers, Edmund Dawson
Norwich (England) -- Directories
Boast, Moses, farmer
Boughton, John, farmer
Bunn, Samuel, Bookmakers’ Arms
Chamberlain, Charles, shoemaker
Crow, Robert, farmer
Dye, George, farmer
Harmer, William, carpenter
Nicholls, Fitt, carpenter and wheelwright
Read, Clare Sewell, farmer
Stevens, William John, farmer
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POSTWICK, a small village in Blofield hundred, 2 miles from Brundall
station, and 4 from Norwich, contains 271 inhabitants. The Earl of
Rosebery is lord of the manor and patron of the benefice. The living is
a rectory, held by the Rev. Charles Ford, M.A., who resides here. The
whole parish belongs to the Earl of Rosebery, except the detached
marshes.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Ford, Rev. Charles, M.A., Rectory
Gostling, Mrs. Ann
COMMERCIAL.
Attoe, G., wheelwright and postmaster
Attoe, Miss Mary, mistress of National school
Edwards, James, shopkeeper
Gillett, Cyrus, farmer, Hall
Goose, William Norman, farmer
Hood, Peter, blacksmith
Parker, James, farmer
Parker, John William, farmer
Pummell, James, parish clerk
Seeley, John, farmer
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RACKHEATH, in the Taverham hundred, 4½ miles from Norwich, has a
population of nearly 200 inhabitants, and 2000 acres of land. Sir H. J.
Stracey, Bart., who resides at the Hall, is lord of the manor and patron
of the living. There is a village school supported by Sir H. J. Stracey.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Hodgson, Rev. Frederick, M.A., rectory
Stracey, Sir Henry, Bart., the Hall
COMMERCIAL.
Barnes, George, farmer
Clarke, John, Green Man
Forder, Joseph, blacksmith
Gillingwater, Edward, farmer
Kemp, William, farmer
Jones, Mrs. Catherine, mistress of free school
Utting, Henry, farmer
Watts, Robert, farmer
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SHOTTESHAM ALL SAINTS, or HIGH SHOTTESHAM, a village 2 miles from
Swainsthorpe station, and 6 from Norwich, is in Henstead hundred and
union. The area of the parish is 1591 acres, nearly all of which belong
to Robert Fellowes, Esq., the lord of the manor and patron of the
vicarage, to which those of Shottesham St. Mary, St. Botolph, and the
rectory of St. Martin, are annexed. The Rev. Charles Fellowes, M.A., is
the present incumbent. The two parishes have the privilege of sending
eight poor people to the East Greenwich Hospital. There is a school in
the parish, supported by R. Fellowes, Esq., and the Rev. C. Fellowes.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Fellowes, Rev. Charles, M.A., vicar, Vicarage
Merry, Francis William, Esq.
COMMERCIAL.
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