DIRECTORY.] . . 71 of half an acre, provided and laid out in x8gx at a cost S. T. Clowes is deputy steward. Miss E. M. Godfrey of £2oo, is now under the control of the Parish Council. is the principal landowner. The soil diS mixed and very Fairs are held the last Thursday in May and November fertile; subsoil, clay. The chief .e:rops are wheat, barley 22nd for cattle. Here are almshouses, founded about and roots. The area is 360 acres, of which g8 are 1681 by William Baroor, and rebuilt in 1861 at the common; ; ra~able value, £1,225; t:he population in 1901 expense of the late Messrs. H. and J. J. Turner. They was 516. are occupied by four old women. There is a parish house Parish Clerk, James Robins. in two occupations, and also a Parish Room, built by Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., E. D., S. B. & A. & the vicar. In the Market place stands a cross, adorned I. Office. John Ll~weliyn Williams, sub-postmaster. with interesting carvings of shields of arms. The Grange Letters received from .A.ttleborough at 7·50 a.m. & 2.30 . is the residence of Frank Henry Loveless Cloud esq. p.m. & dispatched at 9.50 a.m. & 6.40 p.m.; sunday, .A.rthur Tallent Olowes esq. is lord of the manors of 9·55 a.m Buckenham Burgh and Buckenham Leet: the· manor of Public Elementary School, built in 1849 as a National Buckenham Priory was granted by John Eldred in the School by the Rev. F. S. Bevan M . .A.. late rector of years 1617 and 1627 to trustees upon trust to pay the Carlton Rode; it will hold 123 children; average at- income to the minister of the parish for the time being, tendance, 120; George Taylor Holl, master and the lords of that manor are the present trustees. Carriers to ~orwich. John Olley, wed, & sat. & Wm. Mr. Llewellyn Williams is steward of the· manor, .and Vout, tues. & fri • PRIVATE RESIDENTS, Cemetery (Arthur Tallent Clowes,cle1·k officer & public vaccinator, Bucken- Brown Mrs to the burial board) ham district, Wayland union & No. Cloud Frank Hy. Lov~less,TheGrange Cloud Frank Henry Loveless M.R.C.S. 3 district, Depwade union Cloud Mrs. E. The Gfange Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. physician 1& LovedayWilliam Bigsby,grocer,bakr.&c· Clowes .A.rthur Tallent surgeon, The Grange MaggsWalt.collar,saddler & harne.ss ma... Cocks Rev. Frank. Robt.M.A. Vicarage Clowes .A.rthur Tallent, solicitor, clerk Nicholson George, butcher Everett Fred William to the magistrates of Guiltcro.ss & OBey John, farmer & carrier Gladwell William W Shropham division, clerk to the Powell Robert H. butcher • Godfrey Miss, The Rookery burial board & fire Read Frederick Wm. furniture dealer·- Howard Mrs & life insurance agent . & ca'binet maker Howard Wilfred, St. Mary's Coleman James, wardrobe dealer Robins James, shoe maker, hair-· Lawrence Benjamin Cunningham Rt. watch & clock maker dresser & parish clerk Roberts Mrs Cutting Waiter, grocer &c Rouse Henry, George hotel Wallia Miss Davy Daniel Egbert, grocer, draper &c Simonds Charles Christopher, Kingfs · COMMERCIAL. Davy Thoma.s, tai~or Head P.H Aldis Charles, carpenter Dennis Charles, farmer Simpson Robt. mangr.to Robt. Drane · Aldridge Herbert Charles, boot maker Drane Robert, wine & spirit merchant Titlow .A.rthur James, White Horse Austin J ames, grocer &c Fisher J oseph, farmer & carter P. H. & fishmonger Austin James, insurance agent Gladwell William W. district county Wake James, chimney sweeper Brown Albert William, jobmaster & surveyor Wallis Edmund Oliver, ironmonger & assistant overseer Godfrey Ellen Maud (Miss), farmer, cycle dealer Bullen John, farm bailiff to Miss E. The Rookery Websdale Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper M. Godfrey, The Lodge . Holl Arth. M.R.C.V.S. vet. surgeon Wiliiams JohnLlewellyn M.P.S.cheolist Claxton Waiter Mitchel, grocer & pro- Holl Lanham, baker & corn factor · & photographer, & agent for W. & vision dealer, draper & outfitter & Howard Wilfred L.R.C.P.Edin., .A.. Gilbey Limited, wine & spirit· boot & shoe makers M.R.C.S.Eng. surgeon, &. medical merchants & insur. agent, Post off OLD BUCKENHAM is a village and parish, these adjoin the remains of the Priory, now occupied as. pleasantly situated on the road from .A.ttleborou.gh to a. farm house, in the occupation of Mr. William Petley. Diss, 3 miles north-east from Eccles Road station and 3 The Priory was founded by William de .A.lbini the younge:r,. · south-by-east from station, both on the earl of .A.rundel and Sussex, in u46 for Augustine canons, and Norwich section of the Great Eastern rail- and dedicated it to SS. Mary and James; on its dissolu•• way, in the Mid division of the county, Guiltcross and tion there were u canons and revenues estimated at· Shropham petty· sessional division, Shropham hundred, £w8. Old Buckenham Hall, the seat of His Highness Wayland union, Attleborough ·county court district, Prince Frederick Duleep Singh, is a !'lmalJ. 'red brick rural deanery of Rockland (northern division), arch- Georgian mansion, in a park of about 40 acres, surrounded deaconry of Norfolk and . The church by plantatlions in which was formerly a heronry. The gar­ of All Saints is a plain but ancient thatched structure dens are laid out in a formal style. The Hall contains-· of flint, with stone dressings, in the Early English style, a very fine collection of old pictures and furniture. Here-­ and consists of chancel, nave of four bays, north aisle, is a herd of Suffolk dun-polled cattle, formerly bred at· south porch and an octagonal western tower containing . The Grange is the property and residence- 6 bells: the east window is stained and a window in the of Major William George Keppel J.P. Alfred Taylor· nave retains fragments of stained glass bearing the arms esq. of Starston Place, near Harleston, is lord of the­ of the Knevet family, Old Buckenham Priory, and others; manor. The principal landowners are His Highness there are also several memorial windows, including one Prince Frederick Dnleep Singh, Sir William Bowyer­ placed in Dec. r8gr, to the Rev. Thomas Fulcher B.A. Smi_'th hart. Messrs. R. J. Girling and 0. E. Simpson. vicar r8,5o-8'8, and his wife: the church will seat 400 the trustees of Mr. William Bird, G . .A.. and 0. T. Caller persons. The register dates from the year 1560. The esqrs. and the trustees of the late J. J. Colman esq. of living is a vicarage, net yearly value, £ro3, including Norwich (d. 1898). The soil is strong loam with the 25 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the in- exception of the west and south sides of the parish, habitants, and held since 1901 by the Rev. Henry Ander- which are },jght and mixed soils; subsoil, clay and gravel. son, of St. .A.idan's. The Baptist chapel was ~ebuilt and The chief crops are wheat and barley. The area is 5,024 enlarged in 1857, and further improved in 1883; there acres; rateable value, £4,895; the population in 1901 is also a Primitive Methodist chapel. The late Robert was 1,oo5. Cocks esq. founded, in 186o, ten almshouses for married Parish Clerk, Henry Kemp. and single poor born in this parish; each tenant receives Post & M. 0. 0., S. B. & .A.. & I. Office. William Alling- [,ro a yee.r, paid quarterly, and one ton of coal yearly. ton, sub-postmaster. Letters from .A.ttleborough are There are charity lands consisting of II7 acres, producing received at 6.40 a.m. & 1.30 p.m. & dispatched at 10.25 an income of about £64 annually, which is distributed a.m. & 7·30 p.m.; sunday, II a.m. The nearest tela- at Christmas in clothing and coal. The church lands graph office is at New Buckenham, 1i miles distant produce {,12 yearly. .A. common, or green of about 40 Pillar Letter Box, Puddle Dock, cleared week days at acres forms the centre of this village, which is owned 10.30 a.m. & 7·45 p.m.; sunday, II.Io a.m by twenty-four proprietors. .A. line of earthworks, Wall Letter Box, Fen street, cleared week days at 7.15 commonly called "Bunn's Bank," and evidently a Roman a. m. & 7· 15 p.m.; sundays, 7.15 a.m work, has been discovered running through a farm here. Public Elementary Sc:Q.ool (mixed), with an endowment William de Albini, a follower of the Conqueror, received of [,25, built in 1865 by the late Robert Cocks esq. & a grant of the lordship of Bokenham, to be holden by the supported by a voluntary rate; the schools will hold service of being butler (" pincerna ") to the kings of 170 mixed & 70 infants; average attendance, 130 mixed on the day of their coronation, and here he built & 30 infants; John Curtis Trinder, master; Miss Ellen a castle, of which the moat and earthworks remain: M oore, infants' mistress Duleep Singh, His Highness Prince Anderson Rev. Henry, Vicarage Keppel Maj. Wm.Geo. J.P.The Grange Frederick,Old Buckenham hall (tele- Blofield Mrs. Old hall Powell Charles John. Sunnyside graph office, Ba-r1ham) ; & White's Grnnwell Miss, Buckenham house Simpson Charles Edwd. Shrub:ands club, London SW Howe William James, The Laurels Tingey Charles, Dingley dell