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tim.ber-framed wof of the church, a work of consider­ Commissioners, and which produce about £45 yearly; able merit, is adorned with ten large figures of angels, this money is divided equally between the church­ carved in oak, and much colouring of the 15th century: warde'Ils, for the church, and the school managers, for the reredos includes a painting of the " Raising of the school. The village library and reading room was Lazarus," after Sebastian del Piombo: there are several erected in :r861 by the late Lieut.-Col. Mason, and here mural tablets and brasses, and twelve of the windows bible classes are held during the winter months. are filled with stained glass: the south aisle, or chapel Robert Harvey Mason esq. D.L., J.P. is lord of the of the Holy Trinity,~ retains a piscina, and in St. Cathe­ manor and chief landowner, and resides at Hall, rine's chapel is a single piscina: the pulpit, elaborately a mansion surrounded by a finely-timbered park, which carved in oak, dates from 1636 : the front of the western has been the property of the Mason family since the gallery, also of carved oak, is ornamented with figures time of Henry VII. The soil is mixed; subsoil, clay. holding musical instruments: the church affords 325 The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The area sittings. The churchyard was considerably enlarged in is 3,824 acres of land and 6 of water; rateable value, 188g. The register dates from the year 15 58. The [3,749; the population in I9II was 66o. living is a rectory, net yearly value [4oo, including 26 Parish Clerk, Charles Powley. acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Mrs. Fovah, and held since 19II by the Rev. Webster William Post, M. 0. & T. Office.-Mrs. Emily Nelson, sub-post­ Whistler M.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The mistress. Letters arrive from at 7 a.m. & Young family are the lay impropriators of tithes, 3.40 p.m.; dispatched at 8.30 a.m. & 5·55 p.m.; amounting to £252 yearly. Here is a Baptist chapel, sundays at 8.40 a.m founded in I785, which will seat 750 persons, also a Public Elementary School, erected, with master's hou~e. W esleyan Methodist chapel. There are about 135 acre!! in 1866, by Miss Mason, for 150 children; average at­ of land in Great and Necton, which are tendance, I23; Arthur Charles Stead, master; Mis!l administered by trustees under a scheme of the Charity Smith, mistress

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Gage Henry, beer retailer ~elson William, butcher Bacon Rev. William (Baptist) Green Henry, Good Woman P.H Nelson William, farmer Borrett The Misses, Fern cottage, Green William, beer retailer Olley George, blacksmith Church lane Grummett Thomas, grocer & draper Ong David, farmer Kemp James Gulliver Thomas, gamekeeper to R. Pointer George, farmer Mason Robffi"t Harvey J.P., D.L. H. Mason esq. D.L., J.P Pratt George, farmer Necton hall Harpley Burton, farmer Reditt Susan (Mrs.), dress make"I"" Whistler Rev. Webster William M.A. Heyhoe James Lockhart, farmer Rowe Alfred, licensed hawker (rector), The Rectory Howes William Hailet, horse breeder Shinn Francis Robert, insurance agt COMMERCIAL. Howlett Haze, baker Steadl Arthur C. organist of t.he parislr Bane Robert, Three Tuns P.H J uggins John, farm !bailiff to R. H. church Coker William, farmer Mason esq. D.L., J.P Trollop William, blacksmith Cooper William, farmer M akins William, farmer, Corbett's lo. Tubby Leonard, farmer Cox Susannah (Mrs.), frmr. Erne fro Wood farm & High House farm Village Library (Miss Mason, hon. sec} Ellis Edward, farmer Matthews Charles, farmer Walker George, farmer Frost Julia (Miss), shopkeeper Men's Club & Reading Room (George Whales Peter, farmer, Mona farm Fulcher William Glaister, farmer, Sidell, hon. sec) Wortley Jn. (Mrs.),laundress,Hale rd. Hall farm M90re Thos. carpenter & wheelwright Youngs Waiter, draper

NEEDHAM is a parish and scattered village, on the parish consists of five manors. The following are the­ banks of the Waveney, I~ miles south-west from Harles­ lords and ladies of the manors :-Witchington, Capt. ton station on the Waveney Valley section of the Great Sir Frederick Edward ShaftG Adair hart. bf Flixton Eastern railway and 8 miles east from Diss, in the South­ Hall, Bungay; Bourts-in-Needham,. Mrs. F. B. Frankr ern division of the county, Earsham hundred and petty of Campsall Hall, Doncaster; Densons, Mrs. G. A. E. sessional division, Depwade union, Harleston county Dunbar-Buller, of W oburn, Donaghadee, Belfast, Ire­ court district, rural deanery of Redenhall, archdeaconry land; Gunshaws, the trustees of the late William of Norfolk and diocese of . The church of St. Machell esq.; and Seymers, Donald Charles Warnes esq. · Peter is an ancient building in the Norman style, con­ of Bramford Lodge, near Ipswich. Thomas Pratt esq~ sisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western of Harleston, is the principal landowner. The soil is tower, round at the base, with an octagonal embattled marshy in the valley but heavy on the high lands ; belfry above and containing 3 bells: the tower is of stone subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, peas and flint and the walls of the church are of brick, with and beans. The area is I,IS7 acres; rateable valuer stone dressings: in r884 the chancel was restored by the [r,383; the population in I9II was 307. late Lord Waveney: the oak reading desk was presented Parish Clerk, Henry Holland. by the Rev. John Galliene Bichard, vicar 1882-B, and his wife, and some new benches and a harmonium were Post Offi.ce.-Mrs. Sarah Battell, sub-postmistress. furnished by subscription : there are Ioo sittings. The Letters through Harleston arrive at 7.20 a.m. & 6.55 Tegister dates from the year I643· The living is a p.m. & S'Undays at 7.20 a.m.; dispatched at 8.10 a.m_ vicarage, net annual income £wo, in the gift of Capt. & 7 p.m. ; sundays at 8.10 a.m. Harleston, 2 mileS" Sir Frederick Ed ward Shafto Ad air hart. and held since distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph office I9II by the Rev. Bernard Barton. There is a town Public Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1873 & estate, the income of which is applied in gifts of coals enlarged in I8g8. for 82 children; average attendance. to the poor and in defraying church expense~. The 59; Mrs. A. Knights, mistress • Barton Rev. Bernard (vicar) Compton Waiter George, farmer Smith Thomas, farmer Clarke Mrs. W elham, Hen stead lodge Drane Waiter, farmer Thornalley Samuel, farmer COMMERCIAL. Ebbs John, farmer ITooley Charles, farmer, Gunshaws hall Battell Sarah (Mrs.), shpkpr. Post ofi Fennell H. & Son, horEe trainers West John, fish dealer Bugg J!'ph. Jn. Fishmongers'ArmsP.H (postal address, Rushall, Scole) White Edwin George, wool buyer, Butcher Isaac Alfred, farmer, Skeats- Flatman William, boat repairer saddler & harness maker, insurance mere farm Johnson Robert. bricklayer it general commission agent; ware- Calton Charles, Red Lion P.H Lines Waiter, farmer, Grove farm house, Eye, Suffolk (attend mons) Chaplin Charles, farmer, Dole's farm Randall Robert Henry, farmer Whurr Albert, poultry dealer Cheney William, farmer Rayner Tom, builder Whurr John, general dealer

NEWTON -by-CASTLE ACRE is a parish and bell, and affords 6o sittings. The register dates from village, 3 miles north-west from Dnnham station on the the latter part of the I 6th cen,tury. The living is a Lynn and section of the Great Eastern railway vicarage, annexed to that of Castle Acre, joint net and 4 north-east from Swaffbam, in the South Western yearly value [245, including 6! acres of glebe and division of the county, South Greenboe hundred and residence, in the alternate patronage of the Earl of petty sessional division, Swaffham union and county court Leicester G.C.V.O., C.M.G. who has two turns and district, rural deanery of (north division), arch­ the Bishop of Norwich one turn, and held since r8go deaconry of Lynn and . The church by the Rev. John Thomas Powell, who resides at Castle of St. Mary, reputed to date from the time of Edward Acre. The principal landowners are Commander the Confessor, is a buildin~ of stone, originally cruciform, Charles Andrew Fountaine, of Hall, who is but the transepts have disappeared; it now consists of lord of the manor, and Edward Wenman Martin esq. chancel and nave and low central tower containing one of Ridge Hill, Dartmouth. The soil is light loam ;