FRAMINGHAM EARL • ~39 DIRECTORY. J . • roots, barley and hay. The parish contains 3,276 statute I Fire Brigade, John Roshier, superintendent acres; rateable value, £4,499; the population in 18gr was A School Board of 7 members was formed July ~q, J874· r,ors. contributing 2 members; Samuel Blade, Parish Clerk, Samuel Gee. clerk to the board ; officers, S. Blade, for & G. Post, M. 0. & 'r. 0., T. M. 0. Express delivery, S. B. & Bird, for Themelthorpe Annuity & Insurance Office.-Samuel Gee, sub-postmaster. Board School (mixed), erected in 8 6 for children; 1 7 1 171 Letters arrive from Dercham at 6.30 a. m.&:. 5.30 p.m.; average attendance, zsr; William Edwin Leamy, master; dispatched at 12.13 & 5·35 p.m. on week days & ro a.m. Mrs. Leamy, mistress on sundays. Money order office open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Telegraph business transacted from 8 a.m. to 8 Carrier to N[)rwich.-Robert Palmer, to 'Duke's Palace,' p.m.; sundays, 8 to ro a.m. ; post office open from 7 wed. & sat a.m. to 8 p.m.; sundays, 8 to 10 a.m Railway Station, William John Stone, master .Anderson' Rev. John Hendry M. A. (rec- & medical officer & public vaccinator, Massing ham Rachel(Miss),pork butcher tor), The Rectory 3rd district, union Mesney Wait. Alex. farmer,Keeling hall Balls Miss Eggleton James, White Horse P.H NobleJames,gardener,seedsman&florist Chipperfield Marshal! Eglington Thomas, whiting dealer Page John, engineer & ironfouncler; Eden William .Annesley Emms Harry, farmer, vYade's farm maker of chilled & hard grain rolls, Emms Henry George Empson Josiah, brazier Crown iron works. Tele~rams, Price Mrs FarmanSamuel, basket maker&thatcher " Foulsham ;" "Rail, S.E.R. Foul- Reyner Mrs Fisher Clare, pork butcher sham;" '' :M:id. & G. N. R. Joint, Robinson Mrs Fisher George, bJ.ker &c Guestwick " Vince Rev. Henry (Baptist) Foulsham Draughts Club (William Palmer Robert, beer retailer W1lliams William Henry Annesley Eden esq. president ; Henry Payne Henry, farmer COMMERCIAL. Gfldon Maddison, hon. sec) Pegg John, farmer Amies William, shopkeeper Gee Samuel, assist. overseer, Post office Raven James Theophilus,grocer&clraper Armom• James, travelling draper Godfrey Henry, farmer Russell George, watch maker Austin Thos. Matt. farmer, Manor farm Graver Jas. jobbing gardener & sexton Sainty Archibald,corn cbandler,bakr.&c Barber Comelius, shoe maker & baker Groom John, blacksmith Saunders Charles, butcher Blade Samuel, grocer & draper Hudson Samuel, farmer Seaman Robert William, shoe maker .myth Thomas Henry, builder & farmer Isbill William, beer retailer Skipper Richard, boot maker llushell I'hilip, miller (st-eam & wmd) Jeary Edgar, tailor Spooner George, confectioner Carter George William, Ship P.H Kennedy John, beer retailer Steel Frederick George, grocer & draper Chapman Jas. (Mrs.), lGng's Arms P.H Lacon (Sir Edmund K. bare.), Lacons, Stroulger Henry, painter Chapman John, gunsmith Youell & Kemp (branch), bankers,· Stroulger William, farmer Claxton H.obert, farmer (Fredk. George Steel, agent); draw Thrower Thomas, wheelwright Cooper Benjamin, shoe maker on Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co. Lon- Turner John, grocer & draper Cooper Sophia (Miss), ladies' school donE C Woodhouse Herbert, vet. surg. & farmer Dack Benjamin, grocer Leamon I'hilip, saddler Woodhouse Samuel J. builder & con- Dack Burroughes,hairdrcsser & shoe ma Long Jeremiah, brick & tile maker tractor, timber merchant, & agent Dack John, Bull inn, & blacksmith Maddison Henry Gildon, chemist & for theRoyal fire & life; income tax Dodwell Christopher,baker& confectionr druggist, seed, oil & color merchant; tax collector & assistant overseer for Earl Charles, fishmonger agent for the Provident Life & County I Bin try, Billingford & Wood Norton ·Eden Wm. Annesley M.U.C.S. Eng., Fire Office · Wright John, coal dealer L. R.C.P. Lon., L.S.A. Lon. surgeon Maidstone William, butcher Wright 'Yilliam, marine store dealer

FOXLEY is a village and parish 7 miles north-east from Norgate B. A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, h~n. Dereham, 2 miles from l''oulsham station on the East canon of and surrogate, who is also vicar of Norfolk branch and 3 east from North Elmham station on Bylaugh. The Primitive Methodist Chapel here was erected ihe Dereham and Wells section of the Great Eastern railway in 1862. The Rev. Henry Evans-Lombe E.A. of Yar­ in theN orthern division of the county, Eynsford hundred mouth, is lord of the manor and principallandowner ; Robert and petty sessional division, Mitford and Launditch union, John ·woods Purdy esq. of Aylsham and the Earl of Leicester East Dereham county court district, rural deanery of K.G., L.L, are also landowners. The soil is mixed; sub­ Sparham and archdeaconry and . The soil, sand and gravel. The chief crops are wheat. roots, church of St. Thomas is a building of flint, with stone barley and hay. The area is 1,643 acres ; rateable value, dressings, chiefly in the Perpendicular style and consisting £1,554; a.nd the population in 1891 was 185. of chancel, nave, south porch, and a fine embattled western Parish Clerk, William Scott. tower with pinnacles, containing 6 bells : the chancel is Early English : there are I so sittings. The register dates Post Office.-Luther George Meale, sub-postmaster. Letters from the year 1700. The Jiying is a rectory, average tithe through Dereham, arrive 8.30 a.m. ; dispatched 6 p.m. week days only. The nearest money order office is at rent-charge £3051 net yearly value £270, including 20 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Rev. Henry Evans­ & telegraph officais at Foulsham • Lombe RA. and held since 1840 by the Rev. Louis Augustus The children of this parish attend the school at llawdeswell Burrows Daniel Eke Arthur, Hare & Hounds P.H. & Meale Luther George, grocer & draper, Green Samuel wheelwright Post office 1\" orgate Rev. Louis A ugustus B.A. Hall Henry, farmer, Street farm Scott "'illiam, shoe maker (rector, hon. canon uf Nmwich & Chaplin Ziba, .shoo maker Purdy Henry, Chequers P. H. & farmer, surrogate) Howell Henry, farmer, Manor farm & vaccination officer for Bawdeswell COMMERCiaL. Howell John, farmer, Church farm district, l\iitford union Banyard Fletcher Beckham,-cattle dealr Purple Robert, farmer I FRAMINGHAM EARL is a village and parish, 5 of Rosebery K.G., K.T., P.C. is lord of the manor. The miles south-cast from N or"wich and 5! north-cast from principal landowners are James Christie esq. and Major Swainsthorpe station o'n the Great Eastern railway, in the William Robert Fitzgerald, of :Framingham Pig-ot llall. .Sonthern division of the county, Swainsthorpe petty Framingham Earl Hall, which stand~ in well-wooded ~essional division, Henstead hundred and nnion, N [)rwich ground!l, is the property of James Christie esq. and now tlonnty court distriet, rural deanery of Brooke, Western . t'lccupied by Mrs. Turner. The soil is sandy; subsoil, sand, division, archdeaconry of Norfolk -and diocese bf Nonvich. gra\'el and clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley ..,-he church of St. Andrew is an anciPIJt,and l':urious struc­ and turnips. The area is 633 acres ; rateable value, £193; _ture" of flint and stone, in the Norman and Early English the population in 1891 was 137. 'Styles; consisting o{ chancel, naye. 'north an'd south porches Sex:tort, George Aldis, roUnd -western containing·one bell of the 15th ·and a tower Post, M.. 0. O.,S.:B. & Annuity & In.surance Otnce.-MissAnna century : there is ·a piscimr and a boly•water stoup, and Cha]Jlin, sub·postmistress. Lettel"S receiYed from, ;Nor­ ·se\>"eta1 fine Norman arches with rich mouldings: the church wich by mail cart at 4·35 ~.m. & 5.5o p.m. ; dispatched has,been repaired and reseated and has 90 sittings. The at 4.25 a.m. & 5.40 p. m. ; Trowse is the nearest tele- register dates fl"om the year 1721. The living is a redory grnpbofficc , with that of Bixley annexed, average tithe rent-charge l,3o, joint net yearly value £3oo, including 46 acres- of Board School, under the Poringland United District School glebe. with re~idence, in the g-ift of Mr. C. Turner, and held Board, built in 1840, enlarged in 1874, at a cost of abvut since 1887 by the Hev. .A.lfrecl Edward Alston. The tithe is £6so & further enlarged in 188:J, for :.as a children; aver­ exchanged for corn rent. · Here is a :Methodist -chapel. The age attendance, 176 1 . David Parsons, master fuel allotment of 13 acres produces £24 yearly. The. Earl Carriers to & from l'\orwich pass through daily