DIRECTORY. J . HELLESDON. 177

HEDENHAM is a parish and village 2! miles north- Crisp's charity, producing about £x I3~'~· annually, is west from station on the Waveney Valley for educational purposes. On January 7• x858, in a field section of the Great Eastern railway, 3 miles north-west near the brickkiln, a discovery of Roman pottery was from Bungay and n south-east from Norwich, in the made, including two or three urns, one of which, in­ Southern division of the county, Loddon hundred, Loddon teresting in form and containing bone!!, was saved. and Clavering petty sessional division and union, Bungay Hall, an ancient mansion of brick, is now co'l!nty court district, rural deanery of Brooke (Eastern tenanted by Mrs. Francis Raikes. Mrs. F. W. Irby, divieion), archdeaconry of Norfolk and . of Boyland Hall, , who is lady of the manor A small stream flows through this parish. The church of of Hedenham Park, and William Carr eeq. of Ditching­ St. Peter ie a building of flint and rubble in the ham, who is lord of the manor of Heyd<>n, and Col. C. W. Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south J. Unthank, of Intwood Hall, Norwich, are the principal porch and an embattled western tower containing 6 bells : landowners. The soil is clay, sand and gravel ; subsoil, the chancel is full of monuments to the Bedingfield family, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, clover anrl dating from xsgo, and in the nave are several monuments beans. The area is x,8o2 acre!!; rateable value, £x,310 ~ to the Garneys family: in x865 the chancel was new- the population in 1901 was 243· roofed, and in x885 an organ chamber was erected and Sexhm, Stephen Sampson. a new organ provided, at a cost of about £350, defrayed Post & Postal Order Office.-Mrs. Sarah Ann Juby, sub- by subscription: the church was thoroughly restored and postmistress. Letters from Bungay arrive at .10 reseated in x862-3, and affords 150 sittings. The register & d 7 . · · t t a.m. 3.15 p.m. week days; 7.xo a.m. sun ays; d a t es f rom th a year 1SS9· Th e Ilvmg IS a rec ory, ne dispatched at 5·S p.m.; sundays, 11.30 8.m. yearly value £305, including 29 acres of glebe and resi- iR the nearest money order & Ditchingham the nearest. dence, in the gift of William Carr esq. of Ditchingham telegraph office, miles distant Hall, and held since 1901 by the Rev. Robt. Fetzer Taylor 3 M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford. The poor'!! land consists Public Elementary School, built in 1874• & enlarged in of a farm of 54 acres, in the parish of , let for 1898, for 65 children; average attendance, so; Tom abO'Ilt £3S a year; there are also two cottages, let for K. Woodward, master [9, which sum is applied to the use of the parish. Carriers to Norwich & Bungay pas!! through daily Owles Mrs. The Lodge Goodrum Charles (Mrs.), farmer More William Richard John, farmer, Raikes Mrs. Francis, Hedenham hall Hudson Hampton, farmer, Hedenham Willow farm Taylor Rev. Robt. FetzerM.A. Rectory Hall farm Read Samuel, blacksmith, carpenter COMMERCIAL. Juby Sarah Ann (Mrs.), sub-post- & wheelwright Brown James & John Henry, farmers, mistress, Post office Reeve Bertie, market gardener Hill House farm Martins Abraham Deacon, Mermaid Sampson Stephen, fanner & sexton Folkard Jacob (Mrs.), shopkeeper P.H. & market gardener Stone Frederick, farmer, Valley farm Freestone Edward, farmer,Tupgate fm Porter Robert, cowkeeper Whincup John, farmer, Wood farm • HEIGHAM is a parish forming part of the City of Norwich. is a parish, three quarters of a a fuel allotment of 20 acres, at present let for £xo yearly. mile south-west from Raynham Park station on the Mid- The Marquess Townshend is lord of the manor and the­ land and Great Northern joint railway, which is in the principal landowner. The soil is of good quality; sub­ parish, and about five miles south-west from , soil, clay, brick earth and chalk. The land is cultivated" in the North Western division of the county, Gallow on the usual four-course system. The area is 1,687 hundred and petty sessional division, union acres; rateable value, £x,513; the population in 19or and county court district, rural deanery of North Brisley was 335· and Toftrees, archdeaconry of Lynn, and diocese of Nor- Parish Clerk, William Barber. wich. The church of All Saints is a plain building of flint in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, Post & Postal Order Office. Herbert G. Roy, sub-post-. nave and a western tower containing one bell: in 1a90 the master. Letters arrive from Fakenham at 7.40 a. m .. church was thoroughly restored and reseated with open & 4·30 p.m.; dispatched at 8.45 a.m. & 5·55 p.m. benches and now affords 210 sittings. The register dates is the nearest money order & telegraph from the year xs4o. The living is a vicarage, with that office, I mile distant of annexed, joint net yearly value £ 200, Wall Letter Box, Raynham Park station, cleared at 9 a.m including 53 acres of glebe, irf the gift of the Marquess & 5· 1S p.m. week days only Townshend, and held since 1s71 by the Rev. George John Public Elementary Schools (boys & infants), for thi!: Ridsdale M.A. of Magdalene College, Cambridge, who pari5h & the parishes of East, West & South Raynham. resides at South Raynham. There is a Primitive Metho- erected in 1857 & enlarged in x887, for 120 children; dist chapel here, rebuilt in x88o. The charities include average attendance, 75; James R. Cowans, master. a dole of £ 3 6s. Bd. yearly, the gift of Lady Berkeley; a The girls attend the !!!Chool at West Raynham sum of £6 14s. 8d. alternately with West Raynham, and Raynham Park Station, Henry Pycraft, station master Francis Thomas William Butcher John A. farmer, Painswhin Pycraft Henry, station master, Rayn- · Young Mrs Collenette James, farmer ham Park station cmrMERCIAL. Francis Thomas William, farmer Roy Herbert G. grocer & draper & : Bond John, wheelwright Manning Wilkin, 1Buck P.H. & coal dlr general supply stores, Post office Drunton Frederick, baker Matsell Joseph, boot & shoe maker Scott John, tailor o Burton Geprge, blacksmith ., Needs James, bricl: m"akel' 'l"uffs Thos. •beer retlr. & pork butchr · HELLESDON (or Hellesden) is a parish and village, holes, with a ladies' course of 9 holes, and a good Club with a station on the Midland and Great N orthem joint house on the ground. The extensive brick works of· railway, and is about 2 miles north-west from Norwich Mr. T. A. Cunnell are in this parish. The Bishop of and us! from , in the Eastern division of the Norwich is lord of the manor. Charles Gambling Gowing­ county, Taverham hundred and petty sessional division, esq. of the Manor house; Thomas Arthur Ounnell, of St. Faith's union, Norwich county court district, partly Old Catton, Norwich, Lady Bullard, Mrs. St. John ana within the county of the city of Norwich, and in the rural J. H. Gmney esq. of Keswick Hall, are the principal' deanery of Taverham and archdeaconry and diocese of landowners. The soil is sand and gravel; subsoil, clay. Norwich. The church of St. Mary is a small building of limestone and gravel. The chief crops are of the usuar flint and stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of kind, viz. wheat, oats, barley and turnips. The area is nave, north aisle, south porch and a wooden belfry with 1,19~ acres of land and 6 of water; rateable value, spire containing one bell: the church was reseated [3,471; the population in 1901 was S4S for the whole­ throughout in oak, and generally improved in x86g, and parish, including 4 officials and their families and 304 has 150 sittings. The register dates from the year I5I3· inmates in the Norwich City Lunatic Asylum. The living is a recto\oy, consolidated with that of Drayton, Sexton, Edward Paul. annual value £463, with 53 acres of glebe, in the gift of Post & Postal Order Office, Lower Hellesdon.-Mrs. the Bishop of Norwich, and held since 1904 bv the Emma Blake, sub-postmistress. Letters received Rev. Arthur John Spencer M.A. of Trinity College, Cam- through Norwich & are delivered at 7 a.m. & 3·I5 bridge, who resides at Drayton; the Rev. Sydney p.m.; sundays, 7 a. m.; & are dispatched at 7·I5 8.m. Charles Ward B.A. of St. Pet-er's C<>llege. Cambridge, & 12.20 & 6 p.m.; sundays, 6 p.m. The nearest has been curate here since 1900. The Norwich City money order & telegraph office is at Norwich, 2 miles Lunatic A~ylum, locally in this rarish is described under distant Norwich. Here also are the Links of the Royal Norwich Wall Box, Asylum, cleared at 12 & 5.40 p.m Golf Club formed in 1893; there is a full couue of 18 Railway Station, Horace Long, station master NORFOLK 12