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Rogers' Directory of Norwich and Neighbourhood
Rogers, Edmund Dawson
Norwich (England) -- Directories
THORPE, next Norwich, or THORPE ST. ANDREW, is 2 miles from Norwich, in
Blofield hundred, and has about 1000 inhabitants. The Norfolk County
Lunatic Asylum is situated here. The living is a rectory, in the gift of
the Rev. Armine Herring, who is the incumbent. There is an Independent
chapel in connection with the Rev. J. Alexander’s, Norwich.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Allen, Joseph Howes, Esq.
Bacon, Miss
Batley, Mrs. Susan
Birkbeck, William, Esq.
Blackiston, Mrs.
Bolingbroke, Frederick A., Esq.
Brightwen, John, Esq.
Browne, David
Clabburn, Thomas, Esq.
Clabburn, William, Esq.
Clarke, Mrs.
Clayton, Miss
Clear, James, Esq.
Davey, Joseph, Esq.
Foster, Charles, Esq.
Frost, Rev. William, M.A.
Gurney, Charles, Esq.
Gurney, Francis Hay, Esq.
Herring, Rev. Armine, M.A.
Jecks, Charles, Esq.
Jecks, William, Esq.
Johnson, The Misses
Kendle, The Misses
King, Capt. Robert
Postle, The Misses
Rowling, Nathan S., Esq.
Savage, Mr. John
Upcroft, Mrs.
Wells, Robert, Esq.
Weston, Charles, Esq.
COMMERCIAL.
Albin, Daniel, farmer
Albin, Samuel, farmer
Bracey, Frederick, boot and shoe maker
Bracey, Robert, baker, grocer, butcher, and lime burner
Bright, John, Red Lion, and farmer
Bright, Zachariah, Hero of the Redan
Burton, T., grocer and corn chandler
Casson, Edward, surgeon at the Asylum
Cattermole, Mrs., Three Tuns tavern
Dabson, Miss J., mistress of Free school
Dale, James, market gardener
Dowland, John, King’s Head tavern
Drew, John, bowl turner
Fearnley, Joseph, grocer
Firman, Robert, carpenter
Gaff, Robert, master of Free school
Hardy, John, bricklayer
Lacey, John, commercial traveller
Martin, William, blacksmith
Owen, Ebenezer, superintendent of County Lunatic Asylum
Owen, Mrs. E., matron of County Lunatic Asylum
Rayner, John, gardener
Rodwell, E., lodging-house keeper
Rose, Miss Ann, grocer
Sabberton, Thomas, engineer, general smith, and coal merchant
Shardelow, Benjamin, plumber, glazier, and painter
Smith, John, The Buck
Southgate, Henry, The Griffin
Starling, Samuel, farmer
Todd, Daniel, sub-postmaster
Weeds, F., parish clerk and shoemaker
Whitaker, S., farmer and brick maker
White, William, gardener
* * * * *
TROWSE NEWTON, one mile from Norwich, contained in 1851, a population of
639; but the entire parish, which extends into the county of the city of
Norwich, had as many as 1363 inhabitants. The principal owners of the
land are the Rev. F. Money, the Great Hospital, and the Dean and Chapter
of Norwich; the last of whom are lords of the manor, impropriators of the
great tithes, and patrons of the vicarage. The Rev. George Carter, M.A.,
of Norwich, is the incumbent.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Money, Rev. Frederick, Crown Point
Sparks, Alfred, the Lodge
COMMERCIAL.
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