Ingoldisthorpe. O"Connor
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394 Ingoldisthorpe. O"Connor. The window at the east end of the south aisle is filled with stained glass, by Preedy, in memory of Captain John Davy, R.N., who di€d in 1876, and was inserted by his family. The nave was thoroughly restored, re-roofed, paved with tiles, and fitted with open poppy-headed benchPs in 1857, at the exp€nse of the parishioners and their friends, the chancel having been restored a few years previously by the rector, the Rev. W. T. Beckett. The new roof is of high pitch, and the spandrils rest on richly-carved stone corbels by Farmer, of London. Opposite the south porch stands an ancient cross; and over the entrance is a figure of the patron saint. In the north aisle lies interred Richard Gardiner, Esq., commonly called "Dick: Merry Fellow," who died, after a short residence at Ingoldisthorpe Hall, in 1781; and at the west £!lld,.of the church is a tablet to his memory. Eo was a busy partisan at elections, and left behind him a great variety of Jeu d'esprit, songs, and inscriptions, full of wit and humour. There are also several tablets of the Davy and Hosta families. The register dates from 1754. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £12, is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. William Tholl1as Beckett, M.A., \\ho has 45 acres of glebe, a yearly tithe rent-charge of £312, awarded in 1839; and a handsome Elizabethan residence, built in 1856-8, at a. cost of £2:000. The ScHooL, with teacher's house adjoining, was built in 1858 by the rector, is supported 9Y voluntary subscriptions, school pence, and Government grant, and attended by about 60 children. The sum of £15 left to the church and poor by Agnes Bigge, was laid out in the purchase of about 3 acres of land, now let for £4, which is given to the poor on St. Thomas's day. The common of 200 acr€8 1 was encJosed in 1858, when 30 acres were allotted to the poor for fuel, 8 acres for _garden plots, and 3 acres as a recreation-ground. PosT OFFICE at Mr. Wm. Townshend's. Letters arrive at 5.30 a.m., and are despatched at 6.15 p.m., via Lynn. Snettisham is the nearest Money Order and Telegraph Office. Askham Mrs Susannah, dressmaker Davy the Misses, Ingoldisthorpe Marrington David, carpenter Ask ham William, coal dealer hall Martins John, butcher and ea ttle Baker Herbert George, head gar• Emmerson J ames, carpenter and dealer dener, The Hall shopkeeper Newstead Herbert, blacksmith Beckctt Rev Wm. Thomas, M. A. Fayers Thomas, cooper and coal dlr Townshend William, postmaster rector, The Rectory Grange Robert, farmer, and horse Utting William, fish dealer Bellumy Rev Jas. D.D. president and cattle dealer Ward J ames, shopkeeper of St. John's College, Oxford, The Hodgetts John Thomas, farmer; and Manor house Hunstanton RAILWAY. - Snettisham is the • Belson George, butler, The Hall Howard John, vict. Ship Inn nearest station Uharlett George Edward Hawkins, Lambert Miss M. schoolmistress CARRIERS pass through to Lynn head gardener, Manor house Lewis Richard, farmer, Manor farm several times a week INGWORTH, which gives name to a rural deanery, which in 1889 was divided into north and south Ingworth, is a village and parish, in the vale of the Bure, 2 miles N. of Aylsham, in Aylsham union and county court district, Norwich bankruptcy district, South Erpingham hundred and petty sessional division, and Norwich archdeaconry. It has a rateable value of £937, and had 144 inhabitants in 1881, living on 512 acres. The soil belongs to the Dowager Marchioness of Lothian, Rev. George Fish, B.A., and F. H. L. B. Windham, Esq. Part of the parish is a member of Blickling Manor, of which the Marchioness of Lothian is lady, and the rest is in the manor of Banningham, of which F. H. L. B. Windham, Esq., is lord. The CHURCH (St. Lawrence) appears to be of the age of William Rufus, and had a round tower, which fell down in 1822. The registers date from 1558. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £5, in the patronage of F. H. L. B. Windham, Esq., and in the incumbeney of the Rev. George Fish, B.A., who resides at Erpingham. The tithes were commuted in 1839 for £170 per annum, and the glebe is 13a. 2r. The rector has also 2ls. a year from the watermill. The poor have a yearly rent-charge of 3s. 4d., left by Ellen Gobart, about 1676. PosT OFFICE at James Gall's. Letters arrive at 6 a.m., and depart at 5 p.m., via Norwich. Aylsham is the nearest Money Order and Telegraph Office. - Beck Austin, farmer Fish Rev George, B.A. rector; Neave Jacob, shopkeeper Brett Miss Rose Ann, farmer h Erpingham Newstead Robert, parish clerk Brett William, bootmaker Gall James, postmaster Wilson John, bootmaker Burrell J olm, mole catcher Harmer Miss Harriet, farmer Dunham George, fmr; h Calthorpe Hart Hy. Gardner, corn mlr. & fmr CARRIERS pass through to Norwich Muskett Mr William on Saturdays INTWOOD, 3t miles S.W. by S. of Norwich and 9~ miles E. of Bingham, is a parish in Henstead union, Humbleyard hundred and rural deanery, Swainsthoq:e petty sessional division, :Korwich county court district and bankruptcy district, and Norfolk archdeaconry. It had 35 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 617 acres of land, all of which is the property of Lieut.-Colonel C. W. J. Unthank, J.P., of INTWOOD ILu.L, which was rebuilt in a handsome style of architecture about the year 1814. It was here that Sir Thomas Gresham entertained the Earl of Warwick (afterwards the Duke of Northumberland) in his march against the rebel Kett in 1549. The CHURCH (All Saints) is a stone fabric, comprising nave, chancel, north and south porches, and tower. The latter is round at the base and octagonal above, and contains a peal of five bells; four were presented by the late Mrs. Unthank, and the other one by members of the same family. The building was beautifully restored in the Perpendicular style in 1852, by Hudson Gurney, Esq., and the late J. f3. M~skett, Esq., at a cost of £1,500. The pulpit, reading-desk, gallery, organ-case, open benches, and other fittmgs are all of oak, beautifully carved, and of uniform design. In the chancel are handsome marble .