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Neale Rev. Edward Pote, 1\f.A. [vicar] Goose John, shopkeeper J ohnson William, carrier !Using Robert, esq. J.P. The Hall Goose Thos. farm bailifrto R. Rising,esq Lacey Robert, farmer lleckett John, farmer GrapPs John, farmer Laws J ames, farmer Gedge Jolm, Nelson's Head, & farmer Jay Thomas William, farmer Matthews Cubitt, farmer, Eastfield

HORSFORD is a village and parish, with its houses Rev. J osiah Descarrieres Ballance, M.A., of Trinity College, widely scattered, and lying 4 to 5 miles north-west from . Here are traces of an ancient castle. Sir , on the high road from the latter to Holt, in the 'rhomas Harrett Lennard, Hart., who is lord of the manor, South-Eastern division of the county, hundred, and Viscount Ranelagh are chief landowners. 'fhe soil is ~t. Faith's union, Norwich county court district, rural sand, with subsoil of sand and gravel. The chief crops are deanery of 'l'averham, and archdeaconry and diocese of wheat, roots, barley and hay. The area is 4,177 acres, in­ Norwich. The church of All Saints is a low, ancient cluding a large heath, and the population in 1861 'vas 665. structure of brick and stone, in the Early English style, Parish Clerk, Robert Armes. with chancel, nave, north aisle and square embattled tower. The register dates from the year 1.597. The living is a Letters are received from Norwich, which is the nearest ''icarag·e, yearly value £ll1, with 153 acres of glebe and money order office residence, in the gift of R. Radclyffe, Esq., and held by the School, Miss Babb, mistress Ballancc Rev. Josiah D. l'ti.A. Vicarage Blyth Sophia (Mrs.), farmer Harvey William, boot maker Day Gerrard, esq. Horsford house Brown William, Spotted Dog Howe William, bricklayer lJay James, esq Bunn John, bricklayer Hutton John & William, farmers Gore Major Runn Sarah (.Mrs.), farmer Ives James, Crown ~aHJuourne Miss, Horsford cottage Bunn William, carpenter March James, farmer COMMERCIAL. Canham John, landowner & farmer March Jeremiah, wheelwright Andrews Alfred, boot & shoe maker Chubbock Robert, butcher & shopkeeper Pratt William, shopkeeper Andrews Benjan;in, shopkeeper Fison William Potterton, farmer Pye Abraham, baker & shopkeeper Andrews Edwin, beer retailer French Sarah (Mrs.), butcher & shop- Reeve Edmund, farmer Armes Rachael (Mrs.), drt·ss maker keeper Rice Richard , coach builder Bacon Georgc, farmer Goulder John, farmer Springall Elijah, bricklayer Baker Hen. farm bailiff to Jas. Day, esq Greeves George, farmer 'vVade J olm, blacksmith Barrett Juniper, farmer Greeves James, farmer 'Valker Ezra, carpenter Harrett Samuel, farmer Greeves Thomas, farmer Williamson Frederick, farmer Barrett Samuel, shoe maker Gree,·es William, farmer Williamson Martha (Mrs.), dress Barrett William, beer retailer & farmer Harsent Ann (Miss), tailoress & up- maker llarrett William, jun. farmer llolstress Wortley Robert, farmer

HORSHAM ST. FAITH'S (better known as ST. l1am, Horsford, Horsham St. Faith's, Horstead with l'AITH's) is a parish and head of a union, distant 4~ miles Stanninghall, , 1\'lorton- on-the-Hill, north fi'om Norwich station, 7 south from , and Newton St. Faith's, , Ringland, St. 1\'lary-in­ 118~ from London, in the South-Eastern division of the the-Marsh, , , , Swannington, connty, Taverham lmndred, Norwich county court district, 'I'averham, , and . Here was an­ rural deanery of Taverham, and archdeaconry and diocese ciently a market, n Benedictine priory, founded in 1105, of Norwich, including NEWTON ST. FAITH's, a mile and an hospital of Knights-Templars. Viscount Hanelagh further north, on the direct road to Aylsham from Norwich. is chief landowner and lord of the manor. The soil is 'I'he church of St. Mary the Virgin is an old Gothic building, mixed; subsoil, marl and clay. The chief crops are wheat, with high embattled tower and 4 bells: there is a beautiful barley, turnips and hay. The area is 2,340 acres, and the eastern stained window to the memory of the Turning population in 1861 was 918 in Hor:;ham, and 273 in X ewton. family, and there is an ancient and handsome font. The Parish Clerk, Thomas Fox. register dates from the year 1620. The living is a vicarage, -- ~'early value £101, in the gift of Viscount Ranelagh, and held by the Rev. Josiah D. Ballance, M.A., of Trinity Col- PQST 0FFICE.-James Rice, receiver. Letters arrive lege, Cnmbridge. A Parsonage House was erected in 1866, by mail from Norwich at G a.m,; dispatched at 6.15 p.m. at an expense of £1,000, towards wl1ich Miss Twining, of The nearest money order office is at Norwich London (formerly of this parish), gave £500, and the re- St. Fnith's Union Workhouse.-The board sits everywedN mainder was made up by subscription, aided by a grant from nesday at 11 o'clock: Rev. William Howard, Great the Ecclesiastical Corn missioners. There is a Parochial \Vi tchingham' chairman; Francis Hlake, clerk; Rev • J · 8chool. The Wesleyans have a chapel here, and also one at D. Ballance, chaplain; James Dickerson, governor: Mrs. Newton St. Faith's. The Union Workhouse, half a mile Ann Dickerson, matron north-east of the church, is a large brick building, with PuBLIC 0F.FICEHS :- accommodation for 300 inmates. The union of St. Faith's Registrar of Marriages, John Scarnett comprises the following places :-, , Registrar of BiTths ~ Deaths ~· Relieving OfficerJ Beeston St. Andrew, Booton, Brandistone, Catton, Cros.t- Heruert Carman wick, Drayton, , , Great Witching- Supe1·intendent Registrra, James Dickerson ham, Haistord, , H<.'llesdon (part of), Honing- National School, Mrs. Elbmbeth Snelling, mistress Priestley William Stanton, esq Farman Henry, basket maker Reynolds Keron Habbuck (1\'frs.), Tause Rev.J ames Thomas, M.A. [curate] Forster William, bricklayer farmer, Newton COMMERCIAL. Harper Elizabeth (Miss), shopkeeper Reynolt.ls William, farmer Barker Edmund, veterinary surgeon J,acey J. farmer Rice James, Black Swan Batley Stephen, chair maker, Newton Laws John, C1·oss Iieys Rice James, jun. farmer Hlyth John, boot maker Leach John, beer retailer Rowlanrl John, lVhite House llridg·er John, boot maker I,ovick Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Scarnett Charlotte (Miss), shopkeeper Brown John, market gardener Newton Richard, boot maker, Newton ScarnettJohn,furmer&builder, ®is- llullard Robert, shopkeeper & butcher, i Newton William, boot maker, Newton trar of marriages Newton Pearce William, blacksmith · Scarnett J uhn, j un. blacksmith Cable Robert, King's Eiead Pointer Edmunt.I, Crown, Newton Smith John, shoe maker, Newton Carman Herbert, registrar of births & Pointer Thomas, Crown Snelling Robert, shoe maker deaths & relieving officer Priestley ·willium Stanton, surgeon Turner Edward, farmer Carman Mary (Mrs.), farmer Randall Henry,saddler& harness maker West John, farmer Colman John, market gardener, Newton Rayner Alien, tailor 'Voodcock J oseph, farmer Cook WilliamWarner,farmer,Abbeyfrm Reynolds Mary Ann (1\Irs.), farmer, Woodcock Mark, cattle dealer Cooper John, shopkeeper, Newton Elm farm Woodcock Page Dewing, chemist Dickerson J ames, superintendent registr Reynolt.Is.J ames,seed merchant & farmer, Woodcock PetPr, mal'ket ganlener, Eglinton Richard, miller & shopkeeper Newton Newton - HORSTEAD-cum-STANNINGHALL form a sist.s of one fa.rm, in the South-Eastern divi~ion of' lli!~ parish:; the former is a village, on the bank of the navigable county, union of St. Faith's, hundred ofTaverham, Norwich llure, 6 miles north-by-east from Norwich; the latter, 2 county court district, rural deanery of'l'averham, and arch­ miles south from Horstead, was once a parish, but now con- deaconry and . The church of All Saints