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Buckenbam~ North Lopham, Old 5uckenham, Quiden~ Buckenham; sub-district, Wflliam Henry ham, , Roydon, Shelfhanger, South Lop ham, Berry, Kenninghall; deputy. Joseph Long, Kenninghall West Harling, Wilby & Winfarthing. The area of the The Workhouse, Kenninghall, is a structure of brick, erected union is 44,585 acres; the population in x8gr was 10,228; in 1837 & will hold :.8a inmates; Jamas Cole, master; Rev. rateable value in I8g2, £55,912 William Edward Deane M,A. chaplain; Joseph Henry Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Arthur Wilson, medical officer; Mrs • .An,ni,e Cole1 matron; Harry Tal!ent Clowes, I. Vertigen, schoolmaster 1 Treasurer, Josiah Humphries, London & Provincial Bank, RuRAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. Diss Meets at same times as Guardians, at the Workhouse, Relieving Officer for the Union & Collector for the Guar· Kenninghall • diaos, William Henry Berry • Kenninghall Clerk, Arthur Tallent Clowes, New Buckenham Vaccinat.ion Officers, Isaac Vertigen, New Buckenham & Treasurer, Josiah Humphries, London & PI'ovincia.l Bank, William Henry Berry, Kenninghall Diss • Collectors of Pours Rates : John Roper, Banham; Richard Medical Officer of Health, Henry Gem'ge Foster, AttlebDrough Bowles, ; Henry A. Linstead, jun. Gar­ Inspector of Nuisances, Chas. Wm. Sharman, Winfarthing boldisham; Frederick Seakens, East Harling; Joseph Long, Kenninghall; G. W. Newson, North Lopham; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITI'EE. Edward Witton, Clerk, Arthur Tallent Clowes, New Buckenham Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, No. I district, Wil­ School Attendance Officer, William Hy. Berry, Kenninghall fred H'Jward L.R.c.P.Edin. New Buckenham; Xo. 2 dis­ School ~nquiry Officer, William Henry Berry; Kenninghall

trict, Joseph Henry Wilson, Kenninghall; Nos. 3 & 4 A School Board of 5 members was form~d August I3 1 1875; districts, William Edward Soffe L.F.P.s.olas. East Harling; .Arthur Tallent Clowes, clerk to the Board; Edwin Le No. 5 district, Charles Draper Fenn, Diss Good, attendance officer Superintendent Registrar, .Arthur Tallent Clowes, New Board School, built in 1849 as a National School by the Rev. Buckenbam; deputy, Wilfred Howard L.R.O.P,Edin. New F. S. Bevan M.A. late rector of Carlton Rode; it will hold Buckenham , IOO children; average attendance, 94 ; George Taylor Registrar of Marriages, William Henry Berry, Kenninghall; Holl, master , deputy, Joseph Long, Kenninghall CARRIFJRS TO :- Registrars of Births & Deaths, Banham sub-district, Isaac Drss-William Levett, friday . Vertigen, New Buckenham ;- deputy, Arthur Holl, New NoRWICH-John Olley, wed & sat. & Wm. Vont, tues. &fri

• I Clowes Arthur Tallent Cunningham Rt. watch & clock maker Mclntyre Mary .Ann (Miss), ladies' schl Davy William Davy Daniel, grocer & basket maker Maggs Walt.collar, saddler& harness ma. Everett Fred, The Grange Davy Daniel .Egbert, printer Olley John, farmer &i carrier Howard Wilfred Davy Thomas, tailor , Palmer John, pork butcher Johnson Rev. Robert Litson M.A. The Dennis Charles, farmer Palmer William, groce:r & draper Vicarage Drane Robert, wine & spirit merchant; Perfitt Ephraim Jsph. watch & clock ma. Kemp Miss , & at Eccles Pitchers John, King's Head P.H Packer Charles Rose, The Grange Gaymer William, grocer Powell Robert H, butcher Robertt! William Arthur Ormsby Gillingwater James, George hotel Rash Ann (Mrs.), dress maker Turner Miss Holl Arthur M.R.o.v.s. veterinary surg. Ribbons Sarah (Mrs.), fruiterer Wallis Mrs & deputy registrar of births& deaths Ribbons James, furniture dealer COMMERCIAL. Roll Lanham, baker & corn factor Roberts Wm. .Arthur Ormsby, surgeon Aldis Charles, carpenter How William, farmer, The Rookery Robins James, grocer & draper Austin Edward, harness maker Howard Wilfred L.R.~.P.Edin. surgeon, Simpson Robt.manager to Robt, Drane Cemetery (Arthur 'l'allent Clowes,clerk & medical officer& public vaccinator, Smith James, builder to the burial board) No. I district, Guiltcross union&No.3 Vertigen Isaac, registrar of births & Clowe.s Arthur 'fallcnt, solicitor, clerk Depwadc union &deputy supt.registr deaths & vaocination officer & clerk to the magistrates of Guiltcruss & Humphrey William, carpenter to school board division, clerk to guar­ Jackson Henry Chas. insurance agent Wake J ames, chimney sweeper dians, school attendance & assess­ Lansdell Edward, butcher WallisArthurJn.ironmngr.&blacksmith ment committees, rural sanitary Lawrence Benjamin, cattle dealer Websdale William, cooper authority & superintendent registrar LeGood Edwin,fancy stationer & school Williams John Llewellyn, chemist & of Gniltcross union & clerk to the attendance officer, & post office photographer, & agent for W. & A. burial & school boards Levett Elizabeth(Mrs. ), White HorseP.R Giibey, wine & spiri.t merchants Cocking Thomas, boot & shoe maker Lighton Ed ward, tailor Wilson Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Culham Sarab (Mrs.), earthenware dlr Loveday William B. baker

OLD BUCKENHAM is a village and parish, pleasantly Conqueror, received a grant of the lordship• of Bokenqam, to situated on the road from to Diss, 3 miles be holden by the service of being butler {pincerna) to the north-east from Eccles Road station and 3 south-by-east kings of on the day of their coron,ation, and here he from .Attleborough station, both on the and Nor­ built a castle, of which SOille ruins remain. William de Albini wich section of the Great Eastern railway, in the Mid the younger, earl of Arundel and Sussex, founded a priory division of the county, Guiltcross and Shropham petty here in II46 for Augustine canons, and dedicated it to SS. sessional division, Shropham hundred, Guiltcross union, Mary and James; on its dissolution there were n canons, Attleborough county court district, rural deanery of Rock­ and revenues estimated at £108. The Lodge, at present land, arch deaconry of and . The unoccupied, is a modern building with a lawn and gardens church of All Saints is a plain but ancient thatched !!tructun plea.'lantly laid out and well kept ; the park is small, but has of flint, with stone dressings, in the Early English style, and fine plantations. The Grange is the residence of Major consists of chancel, nave of four bays, north aisle, south William George KeppeLr. P. · Francis 'faylor esq. M. P. of Diss, porch and an octagonal western tower containing 6 bells : is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Sir the east window is stained and a window in the nave retains William Bowyer-Smijth bart. Messrs. Richard and William fragments of stained glass bearing the arms of William de Bird, the trustees of Francis John Gurney esq. Messrs. R. Albini; there are also several memorial windows, including Coller and Sons, coal merchants, of Norwich and Messrs. one placed in Dec. I8gr, to the Rev. Thomas Fulcher B.A. J. and J. Colman, mustard manufacturers, of Norwich. The vicar IB5o-88, and his wife: there are 25osittings, 82 being soil is strong loam; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief free. The register dates from the year I56o. The living is crops are wheat and barley. The area is 4,986 acres; rate­ a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge£ 12, net yearly value able value, £7,042; the population in I88I was t,r46; I8gr,

£92, including 25 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift 11063. , of trustees, and held since r888 by the Rev. Thomas Sand­ Parish Clerk, Henry Kemp. • bach Dean, The Baptist chapel was rebuilt and enlarged in PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.­ r857, and further improved in r883; there is also a Primitive William Allington, sub-postmaster. Letters from Attle­ Methodist chapel. The late Robert Cocks esq. founded, in borough are received at 6.45 a. m. & 2.30 p.m. & dispatched I86o, ten almshonses for married and single poor born in this at 10.5 a.m. & 7.30 p.m.; sunday l.I a. m. The nearest parish; each tenant receives 3s. weekly and one ton of coal telegraph office is at New Buckenham. yearly. There are charities of £76 yearly, for clothing and PILLAR LETTER· Box, Attleborough road, cleared at 7.40 coal, and a fuel allotment of 70 acres, producing £3o a year. p.m ; sunday 10.55 a.m A common, or green of about 4o.acres forms the centre of National School (mixed & infants), with an endowment of this village, which is owned by twenty-four proprietors. .A £25, built in 1865 by the late Robert Cocks esq. & sup­ line of earth-works, commonly called "Bunn's Bank," aud ported by private contributions; the schools will hold 200 evidently a Roman work, has been discovered running children; average attendance, I43; John Curtis Trinder, through a farm here. William de .Albini, a follower of the master; Mrs. Eliza Jermy, infants' mistress