. . (KELLY'S

St. Swithin's Almshouses, in St. Benedict's street, I opened November 4th, IB74, is a cruciform building of comprise six houses, erected in I903 ; this charity was flint with brick and Bath stone facings, in the French bequeathed by Edward Temple in 1691 for the poor of Gothic style, consisting of nave, transept and aisle, with the parish of St. Swithin. spire containing one bell: there are several stained windows, some of which are memorials: the church There are a number of minor charities for distribution affords about 400 sittings. A parish room, in Colman in money and kind. road, was built in 1901. The Congregational chapel Chapel Field, an ancient archery ground, was converted here, built in 1905, will seat about ISO- The Dean and by the Corporation in r88o into public pleasure gardens. Chapter of Norwich, who are lords of the manor, and In the centre is an elaborate iron pavilion, designed by John Henry esq. of Keswick Hall, are the the late Thomas Jeckyll esq. and exhibited at the Paris principal landowners. Thr soil is light and s1nd:v; and Philadelphia Exhibitions. The Police and other subsoil, sand and gravel. Tbe crops are of the usual bands perform here on various evenings during the kind. The area is included in Norwich; the population season. A portion of the Chapel Field has been inclosed in r8gr was 1,848, and in 1901, 3,152. as a children's playground, and another portion is Parish Clerk, .Arthur George Bidewell. occupied by the Drill Hall, already mentioned. Post, M. 0. & T. Office.-Mrs. Ann Reeve, sub-post­ There is a Public Recreation ground in Earlham road. mistress. Letters are delivered from Norwich at () a.m. & 3 p.m.; dispatched at 1.20 & 6.45 p.m The Woodland plewmre ground, the gift of Mrs. Radford Prym, was opened in June, 1904. HEIGHAM is a hamlet within the county of the city of Mousehold (anciently" Monkshold ") heath, I mile north ~orwich, in the rural deanery of Humr-leyard, and forms of the city, and comprising an area of about r8o acres, a populous suburb on the north, situated on the river has been acquired by the Corporation, and laid out as a Wensum. The churcl;l of St. Barthokmew, standing on recreation ground. the banks of the river Wensum, I mile north-west Carrow House is the seat of the Misses CoJman. from Norwich market place, is a:J. ancient building of flint, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, The following places are within the city of Norwich nave, south aisle and an embattled western tower with and the names of the inhabitants are given with pinnacles containing 3 bells : in 1878 the nave, aisle and Norwich. tower were restored, the old porch and vestry removed and EARLHAM i~ a village withi.1 the county of the city a north aisle with, organ chamber and vestry erected of Norwich, in the rural deanery of Hnmbleyard, 2~ miles in mrmory of Joseph Hall D.D. Bishop of Exeter west from Norwich station and on the river Yare, over (1627"41) and of Norwich from the latter date: he died which is an old stone bridge of one arch. The church of at Heigham, 8 Sept. 1656, and is supposed to be buried St. Mary, partly covered with ivy, is a building of flint in the chancel, where there is a mural tablet to his stone in the Early English iltyle, consisting of chancel, Il'.emory: there are 300 sittings. The register dates nave, north transept, south porch and an embattled from the year 1570. The living is a rectory, net yearly western tower containing one bell: the chancel is divided value £270, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop from the nave by a richly-cnrved oak screen: there is a of Norwich, and held since 1895 by the Rev. David memorial window to John Gurney esq.: in the chancel i~ Witts Mountfield ~LA. of St. John's College, Cambridge. a fine and richly-sculptured marble monument to the St. Barnabas is an ecclesiastical parish formed in I907 Bacon family, formerly in St. Giles' church, London, but from Stl. Bartholomerw: the church, in Russell street. transferred here by Wailer Bacon esq.: the roof was North Heigh<~m, consecrated in January, 1906, is an covered with lead in 1745 and the interior repaired in edifice of fiint and st{)ne, built in modern Perpendicular 1834: there are 120 sittings. The registe-r dates from style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles and baptistry: the year 1621. The living is a vicarage, consolidated there are soo sittings. The register dates from 1907 .. with , net income £7o, in the gift of Mrs. 'fhe living js a vicaragP, net yearly value £2oo, in the F. B. Frank, and held since 1899 by the Rev. Thomas gift of the Bishop of Norwich, and held since 1907 hy Temple Brown B.A. of Trinity College, Oxford, who is the Rev Charles Compton Lanchester M . .A. of Selwyn also rector of Oolney. , the property of College, Cambridge. The Dolphin inn, formerly the Mrs. F. B. Frank, of Campsall Park, Doncaster, but now residence of Bishop Hall, is an interesting and pic­ occupied by Reginald Gurney esq. stands a little south­ turesque building of flint and stone, two storeys in east of the church and is an old and picturesque height, and has on either side the porch a projecting mansion, standing in the midst of a park, ornamented bay of three sides, with mullioned windows on each with trees and plantations. Earlham Hail was the storey. birthplace, 2 Aug. 1788, of , the LAKESH.AM is a parish within the county of the city eminent philanthropist, who also died here 4 Jan. I847: of Norwich, and in the rural deanery of Brooke (Western here also his distinguished sister, Mrs. , r:hvi:;ion), extending 1! miles south, situated on the Yare. who was born at Bramerton, 21 May, 17Bo, passed a The parish church of St. John and Al,l Saints, I portion of her life, and died at Ramsgate, 12 Oct. 1845. mile south from the Market place, Norwich, stands on Earlham Lodge is the residence of Arthur Francis Morse a hill north of the river Yare, and is an ancient building esq. The principal landowners are Mrs. F. B. Frank, of flint in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, of Campsall Park, Doncaster, Yorks, who is lady of nave, south porch and an embattled western tower con­ the manor, and the trustees of the late John Gurney esq. taining 3 bells : the church retains a piscina, and affords The population of the ecclesiastical parish in 1901 was 293. 200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1568. Parish Clerk, George W. Clarke. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £u6, in­ Wall Letter Box, opposite Earlham Hall, cleared at 8 a.m. cluding II acres of glebe, in the gift of the Dean and & 6 p.m. ; no sunday collection Chapter, and held since I9I I by the Rev. George The children of this place g,ttend the Elementary school Charles Wallis, of Trinity College, Toronto, who is also at Lower Earlham perpetual curate of Arminghall, and resides at Laken­ EATON is a suburb within the county of the r:ity of ham. A temporary church was erected in 1901, in Norwich, and in the rural deanery of Humbleyard, ex­ Grove road, with 300 sittings. Edward Southwell tending 2 miles south-west and bounded by the Yare, Trafford esq. of Wroxham, is lord of the manor and and contains a large number of handsome villa resi­ the chief landowner. The soil is gravel; subsoil, dences, occupied by the merchants and trader8 of the city. various. The chief crops are wheat and barley. The The church of St. Andrew is an ancient building of flint area is given with Norwich; the population in Igor in the Eal'ly English style, consisting of chancel and wa~ 6, rg6. nave, covered with thatch, north porch and an embattled Sexton, Waltrr Ellis. western tower, with pinnacles, containing 3 bells: the Post Office.-Mrs. Sarah J acobs, sub-postmistress. parents of Henry Kirke White, the poet, were interred Letters received from Norwich at 4.15 a.m. & 1.50 & in this church: t.he stained east window was erected by 4 p.m. ; dispatched at 12.2s & 6.40 p.m. Trowse, 2 William Thomas Bensly esq. LL.D., F.S.A. of Norwich: miles distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph the chancel retains sedilia and a piscina, and the com­ office munion plate includes a chalice dated 1684: there are NEW LAKENHAM, south of Norwich, is an ecclesias­ 150 sittings. A lych gate was erected in I887 by the tical parish, formed Aug. 20, I844, out of the unitra parishioners in memory of the late Mrs. Pigot. The parishes of Trowse and Lakenham, and in the rural. register dates from the year 1568. The living is a vicar­ deanery of Humbleyard. St. Mark's chur~h is a buildin{f age, net yearly value £381, including 27 acres of glebe, of flint in the Perpendicular style, consi~ting of chancel, with residence, in the gift of the Dran and Chapter of n11.ve and an embattled western tower with pinnaclr~ con­ Norwich, and held !lince I9IO by the Right Rev. taining 3 bells: the wooden lectern is a copy of that in Nathaniel Temple Hamlyn D.D. of Hatfield Hall, Shipdham church: the chancel windows are stained: the Durham. Christ Church, erected by subscription, and church was recoloured and decorated in 1887, the·