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order office is at Thuxton, & telegraph offices are at Ring­ Upper King street, Norwich, clerk to the board; James ham & Johnson, , attendance officer Board School (mixed), for Garvestone & Thuxton, built in A School Board of 5 members was formed May 27, 1875, for 1876, at a cost of £goo, for So children; average attend- the united district of Garvestone & Thuxton: R. Grigson, ance, 56 ; Miss Hannah Elizabeth Fryer, mistress Valpy Rev. Thomas Roworth (rector), Cook James, farmer Hutson Rob~rt, blacksmith Rectory Durrant Jarnes, farmer Johnson James, farmer • Abel Edward, farmer Finch Matthew, shopkeeper & Post off Johnson William, farmer Blanch George, beer retailer Fisher Clare, poultry dealer Norman Confort, farmer Buckingham Robert, White Horse P.H. Fox Lucy (Mrs.), farmer Pigg Emest William, farmer & farmer Greenwood Charles, farmer Pyman Ellis, farmer Channell John, farmer Hawes William, farmer Rose James Wilson, farmer Chaplin Thomas, fowl dealer Hill John Raynes, farmer Rumble Frederick, fowl dealer Clarke John, farmer Holland Thomas Henry, blacksmith Rumble Thomas, King's Arms P.H Cook Benjamin Thomas, shopkeeper Howard William, farmer Smith James, farmer GASTHORPE is a parish and village, pleasantly situated since 1873 by the Rev. John Robinson Wells, of St. Aidans, on the borders of Suffolk, 5 miles south from Harling Road. who resides at . Gawdy's charity, of £1 yearly, station on the and Norwich section of the Great I is for fuel, William Ncedham Longden Champion esq. of Eastern railway and about 7 south-east from Thetfonl, in Riddlesworth Hall, is lord of the IIlanor and sole landowner. the Mid division of the county, Guiltcross and The soil is light loam; subsoil, chalky. The chief crops are petty sessional division, Guiltcross hundred and union, barley, wheat and cinquefoil. The area is 871 acres: rate­ Thetford county court district, rural deanery of Roekland, able value, £430; the population in 1891 was 87. archdeaconry of Norfolk and diocese of N orwicb. The Nearest post office at Riddlesworth. Letters from Thetford, ancient church of St. ~icholas is now in ruins. The living is a rectory, consolidated With those of Riddlesworth and via East Harling, arrive at 8 a. m. The nearest money Knettishall (Suffolk), average tithe rent-charge £269, joint order office is at Hopham & telegraph office at Gar­ net yearly value £26o, including 6o acres of glebe, with boldisham residence, in the gift of W. N. L. Champion esq. and held The children of this place attend the school at Riddlesworth Bennett Edward, farm bailiff toW. N. Cutter William Henry, blacksmith Smith Philandear, 2nd gamekeeper to L. Champion esq Hinnels Benjamin, farmer &shopkeeper W. N. L. Champion esq. The Cottage Cowan John, estate clerk, Lodge farm is a parish about 2 miles south from Ryburgh for the benefit of widows of rectors of that parish : King's stution on the and Wells section of the Great East­ benefaction of £3 yearly is for clothing. Gateley Hall, the em railway, 5~ south-east from and 8 north-by­ property of Earl Sondes, and now in the occupation of Mr, west from Dereham, in the Mid division of the county, William H. Fulcher, farmer, is said to have been built ia Launditch hundred, union and petty 1726, on the site of a former hall destroyed by fire ; the sessional division, Dereham county court district, rural interior is elaborately ornamented with fine plaster work in deanery of North , archdeaconry of Lynn, and diocese good preservation. Earl Sondes is lord of the manor and of Norwich. The church of St. Helen is a building of flint in chief landowner: Bernard Le Neve :Foster esq. of Sennowe the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, north and Hall, also has land in this parish. The soil is mixed, con-· south porches, vestry and an embattled western tower, con­ sisting of stiff clay and brick earth, with a small portion of taining 4 bells: the chancel was rebuilt and a vestry added light loam and sand; the chief crops are wheat, barley and in 1866 at the expense of the Rev. John Smith D.D. late turnips and some land in pasture. The area is 1,516 acres; vicar, I85I-91 :there are 130 sittings. The register dates rareable value, £1,465; the population in 1891 was I 55· {r(}m the year 1682. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Parish Clerk, Thomas Hawes. the rectory of Brisley, tithe rent-charge £293, average [,zzo, Letter Box cleared at 9.20 a.m. & s.IO p.m. week days. joint net yearly value £3oo, including 30 acres of glebe, Letters through .Dereham arrive at g.IO a.m. The with residence, in the gift of Christ's College, Cambridge, nearest money oruer & tBlegraph office is at Great and held since 1891 by the Rev. William Henry Lowe 1\'l.A. Ryburgh of that college, who resides at Brisley. Charities :-A farm­ The chiluren of this place attend the schools at Brisley & house here was left by the will of a former rector of Brisley, Great Ryburgh Daynes William, farmer j Fulcher Wm. H. farmer, & agent for the j Lake James, farmer, Manor farm & Mayes William, farmer, Hill house Alliance Assurance Co. GateleyHall Church house farm

GAYTON is a parish and large village 2~ miles north-cast inclusive of land of £390, and in which their meetings are from East Winch station on the Lynn & Dereham section of now held, it will seat 250, and is let for public meetings, the Great Eastern railway, about 3 east from Gayton Road concerts, etc. ; James Rasberry, secretary. The Loyal station on the Midland and Great Northern joint railway, Albert Victor Lodge of Odd Fellows (M. U.) meet at the and 7 east from Lynn, in the North Western division of the Rampant Horse on the fourth thursdav in the month; county, Freebridge Lynn hundred, petty sessional division Richard Edward Dann, secretary. Charities :-The Rev. and union, Lynn county court district, rural deanery of Thomas Hopes in 1616 left £3· 8s. 8d. yearly, which is paid Lyon Freebridge, archdeaconry of Lynn and diocese of ryor- by the rector of ~orth Runcton; a sum of 2os. yearly, left wich. The church of St. Nicholas is an ancient structure of by Alexander Simson esq. and another of ros. yearly, left by flint and brick in the Transition style, consisting of chancel, an unknown donor, are distributed in bread to the poor. nave, aisles, south porch, and a tower with statues of the At the Inclosure, in r8n, a fuel allotment of 3oa. xr. 22p. four Evangelists in place of pinnacles, a pointed roof and was awarded, and is now let for £3o a year, which sum is vane, and contains a clock and 2 bells, being the tenor and distributed in coals among those parishioners whose yearly first treble of a peal of five : the stained east window is a rent does not exceed £8. The Freebridge Lynn Union memorial to Alexander Simson 1852 and in the chancel wall House, in this parish, is a plain building of carr stone and is a monument to the Rev. Ligonier Tredway, vicar here, brick, erected in 183o, and will hold 131 inmates : for par- 18I2-3o, and rector of Westwick, I814·28 (died Dec. 8th ticulars of union, see Lynn. The corporation of Lynn are 183o), and to Jane Gray, his wife : in the south aisle is a now (1896) sinking two wells in this parish, to the depth of piscina: in 1850 the church was restored, reseated, the IOO feet, and are about to erect works to supply that town .chancel new roofed and three stained windows erected; the with water, the total quantity required being I,ooo,ooo .organ was presented in 1865 by the Rev. C. T. Jex-Blake gallons daily. Gayton Hall, the property of the trustees of M. A. vicar, 1862-7, and in 1893 a new pulpit was erected by the late William Dodd esq. is the residence of the Earl of j!!tJ.bscription as a memorial to the late Rev. William Aubrey Romney D.L., J.P.; a small rivulet rises in the grounds Outting M. A. vicar, 1867-93• and to Theresa Anne, his wife, and flows into Lynn habour. There are three manor.>, both of whom died in 1893: there are 292 sittings. The viz. :-Gayton Hall, belonging to the trustees of the late parish register dates from the year 1702. The living is a William Dodd esq.; Well Hall, to the Earl of Romney; and vicarage, tithes commuted at £320, 11.verage £236, net yearly West Hall, of which Lieut. Arthur Henry Stuart Elwes R.~. value £196, including IW acres of glebe, with residence, of Little Congham, is the lord. The principal landowners ·erected in 1863, in the gift of the Bishop of Norwich, and held are the trustees of the late William Dodd esq. the Earl of ,si.aee 1893, by the Rev. Francis Thomas Hicks, who is also Romney, Lieut.A. H. S. ElwesR..N. and RichardSroithesq. .ehaplain of the Freebridge Lynn union. The rectorial tithes of Bridge House. The parish is generally fertile, of light belong to the see of Ely, and are let on lease of lives: they soil, over chalk:, flint, gravel and sand. The chief crops are are commuted at £soo. Here is a Wesleyan chapel and a wheat, barley and oats. The area is 3,287 acres; rateable Primitive Methodist chapel, erected in 1870 and enlarged in value, £3,229; the population in 1891 was 76o, including 43 I1l83. The Loyal Ancient Order of Shepherds (J1'riend in officers and inmates of the Freebridge t..ynn union. Need Lodge) erected here in 1887 a jubilee hall, at a cost Parish Clerk, Robert Meek.