DIRECTORY.] 3]7 NEW HOUGHTON. [.] is an old building, with square tower, nave and chancel, · Birkbeck, Esq. There are also ~everal other handsome and contains a handaomc font of considerable antiquity, mansions here. 'l'he Provost and Fellows of King's Colleg-e, also several rnPHIUrials of the \Vard, IIornsell, 'I'ownshcwl, Cambridge, are lords of the manor; there is also a sub­ and other families; the church has an a:sle or chapel ad- manor. H. U. Iltimfrey, Esq., .J.r., Lord Sufficlcl, Captain joining the chancel on the north-east, and extending along Corbett, William Traft(ml, Esq., and I.ieut.-Col. Stract~~· a part of the soul h aisle. The reg-ister dates from the year Clitherow are the chief landowners. The soil is sand allll 1588. The living is a rectory, y~arlv value £-'lRO, in the gravel; subsoil, marl. The chief cro~s are wheat, turnips, gift of the Provost and Fellows of Kin~':> Col!Pg-e, Carn- barley, &c. The area is 2,678 acres, of which 31-l are itl bridge, and held. by the H.ev. J oseph Thnckeray, i'II.A., of Stanninghnll, and the population in 1861 was G08. King's College, Cambridg·e. There are schools for bo,vs and HAGGARD STREET is an ancient hamlet here. girls, supported by voluntary contributions. In Stanning- Pari h Clerk, John Coman. hall are the ruins of a church, which fell into decay in the 8 time of Queen Elizabeth. The Hall, which was erected in . 1835, is a handsome building, in the Elizabethan style, Letters through , vi(£ . The latter is th~ pleasantly Rituated in a dale on the : it is the nearest monev order office property of Lord Suffield, and now the residence of Edward School, .M:rs. M" aria N orgate, mistrE'ss Amies Mr. J olm Barber Stephen, carpenter Forder Charles, grocer Archdale George, e;:;q Barker Edmund, veterinary surgeon; Foulg·er John, blacksmith Birkbeck Edwat·d, esq. The Hall residence, Horsham St. Faith's Low William, shopkeeper Cooke .M:r. Samuel Cubitt Bird Edward, shoe maker M ack William, Grove's End El win Hastings, esq . .J .P. Horstead ho George, Recruit·ing Sergeant Minns Jacob, farmer Race Charles, esq Blythe Thoma,;, shoe makel" Norgatc Maria (Mrs.), school Thackeray Rev. Joseph, 1\I.A. Rectory Burrell George, blacksmith o~wick Henry, miller Thornc Miss, Horatcad lodge Collins John, farmer Rye Georgc, farn;.er Wright Mr. James Coman John, tailor Storey Ed ward, farmer; residenclf, COMMERCIAL. Cooke Samuel Cubitt, miller & mer­ North Walshum Amies Robert Sharp, corn & coal mer chant, Horstead mills Slltton George, farmer Baldwin William, builder, brick maker Cooper J ames E. farmer Utting John, farmer, Stanninghall & lime burner, & at Coltishall Far man John, jun.basket ma.& thatcher Watsou Richard, farmer

H 0 U G HT 0 N (HouGHTON- IN- THE- DALE, or a small chapel. Henry Lee Warner, Esq., is lord of the HouGHTON ST. GILEs,) is a parish and village, 4 miles manor, principal landowner, and lay impropriator. The north from station, and 1 mile from Walsing·ham, soil is various; subsoil, chalk. 'l'he chief crops are wheat, situated on the south-east bank of a small river, in the turnips, barley and grass. Tbe population in 1861 was IDI ; N ort.h-Eastern division of the county, North Greenhoe and the area 988A. OR. 27P., rateable value, £1,588 15s. hundred, union and county court district, Par·ish Clerk, Thoma;, Varge. rural deanery of Walsingham, and archdeaconry and . The church of l:'lt. Giles is an old ~tone build- ing, and has nave, chancel, and low tower. 'fhe living is a Letters through l'akenham. The nearest money order offir:e vicarage, yearly value £148, with residence, tn the gift of is at \-Valsingham Henry Lee Warner, Esq., and held by the Rev. Septimus l~SURA~CE AGENT.-Alliance, Robert Butler Henry Lee Warner, of Walsingham. Here are the ruins of National School, l\li~s Margaret Foster, mistress Butler Robcrt, farmer, land agent, & Clarke Matthew, blacksmith Howard Robert, farmer & woodman agent to the Alliance Insurance Co. Coker J ames, farmer & horse dealer Twiddy Charles, Buck, & shoe maker Manor house Crafer William, farmer

HOUG HTON -ON -THE-HILL is a pari,;h, 4~ miles held by the Rev. William Ewing, M.A., of Lincoln Colle~e• south-east from , consisting of one farm, in the Oxford. E. A. Applewaite, Esq., is lord of the manor awl Western division of the county, hundred of South Green hoe, principal landowner. The soil is good stiff loam, and tlw union and county court district of Swafl'ham, rural deanery subsoil is chalk. Tl1e chief crops are wheat, barley, turnip:-~ of , archueaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Nor­ &c. The population in 1861 was 49, and the area is ()Ol wich. 'l'he church of St. Mary is a small stone building, acres. consisting of nave, chance!, and square tower containing 1 Pm"ish Clerk, John Bald win. bell. 'l'he register datea from the year 1G86. 'l'he living is Letters from Swaffham b:v loot post, arri\'e at 9 a.m. re n rectory, consolidated with that of , joint turning at 5 p.m. Swaffham is the nearest money orde1 yearly value £430, in the gift of Edmund Farrer, Esq., and office Dodd Edward Phillips, fanner

NEW HOUGHTON (or HouGHTOX- IN- THE­ The living is a vicarage, yearly value £108, with() acres of

BRAKE, or J-IOUGH'l'ON-NEXT-HARPLEY1 ) is a parish g·Icbe, in the gilt of the Marquis of Cholmondeley, and held and village, 14 miles north-east-by-east from Lynn, and 10 by the H.ev. John Henry Broome, M.A., of CollegP, west from Fakenbam, in the Western division of the county, Cambridge, who has rooms in the Hall. There are two Gallow hundred, }')ocking union, Little \Valsing·ham county schools for boys and girls, supported by the !If rrrquis of court district, l'ural deanery or Burnllam, archdeaconry of Cholmondeley. The Houghtou Horticultural Society was Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich. Ilong·hton Hall, one of established here in l8:i6: it embraces the folio win~ the seats of the .Marquis of Cholmondeley, is of frecstone, parishes :-llarmer, the three Birchams, part of Der:~ing­ having two principal fronts, ornamcnted with cupolas at ham, !-'ring, Ilarpley, Iloughton, the two Massinghams, each corner, the palace front, with tlw colonnades, being- 450 the two H.udbams, and : the annual exhibition feet long: it was built by the celebrated minister Sir llobert is l1eld during the month of July,whenprizes to the amount \Valpole, first Earl of Orford, and stands in a domain of of £30 ut·e distributed. The Marquiil of (;holmondeley i' 1,400 acres, of which 700 are wood and 700 are park. The lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil i.3 Hall stands low, and is surrounded hy beautiful gardens, chiefly sandy ; the subsoil i~ marl and chalk. The crops a1·e with some fine old trees: the arcl1itect was Ripley, and it wheat, oats, turnips, barley, ~ass, peas and rye. In IB61 occupied fifteen years iu building. A few years since the the population was 2'27; area, 1,405 acres. largest of the cedar trees, called "Haven Tree," from Parish Clerk, William Ramm. the ravens building in it annually, was blown down: it contained 8 loads of timber, at 40 cwt. to the load. The church of St. l\Iartin stands in the park, and consists of PosT O_F},'ICE.-Mrs. Ellen Doughty, sub-postmistress. chancel, nave, aisles, and a small tower containing 1 bell: Letters, through Brandon, arrive at 7.30 a.m. dispatcheJ it was rebuilt by the great Sir Robert \Valpole, and contains at 5 p.m. is the nearest money order some old monuments : the interior was rc-pewed in 1855: oftlce the chancel was restored in 1867 by the Marquis of Chol- Sch?ol, George Groom, master; :Miss l\Iartha Groom, mondcley, the lay rector, when the piscina was discovered, mtstress which still remains. The register dates from about IG50. I CAnRIERS TO & FROM LYNN frequently pass through