498 NEWTON-BY-. . • patronage of the Earl of Leicester K.G. wlio has two turns turnips and pasture. The area is r,o58 acres ; rateable value, and the Bishop of one turn, and held since r8go by £888; the population in r8gr was 74· the Rev. John Thomas Powell, who Tesidcs at Castle Acre. Parish Clerk, Richard Bloy. The principal landowners are Algernon Charles Fountaine Letters through , via , arrive at 8 a.m. esq. JP., D.L. of Hall, who is lord of the manor, and Clifton Angreaves esq. of Bedford. The soil is light Castle .Acre is the nearest money order & telegraph office loam; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, The children of this place attend the school at Castle Acre Stows :Kenyon I.Askew James, farm bailiff to Geurge Seaman Charles, farm bailiff to A. C. Mason John, beer retailer & farmer Hamilton esq. Church farm Fountaine esq NEWTON FLOTMAN is a village and parish, r! Kellett Long esq. B.A. of Dunston Hall, who is lord of the mlies north-east from Flordon station on the Ipswich and manor, Robert Fellowes esq. D.L., J.P. of Shotesham Park, Norwich section of the Great Eastern railway and 7 miles and Major Sir Charles Harvey bart. J.P. of Rainthorpe Hall. south from Norwich, in the Southern division of the are the principal landowners. The soil is sand and clay ; county, Humbleyard hundred, Swainsthorpe petty ses- subsoil, mixed. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and sional division, Hen stead union, Norwich county court turnips. The area is r ,173 acres ; rateable value, £" r,g66; district, rural deanery of Humblevard, archdeaconry of the population in r89r was 246. Norfolk and diocese of ~orwich. The church of St. Mary Parish Clerk, Thomas Bullen. the Virgin is a str_ucture of flint and stone, dating from r3oo PosT OFFICE. _Mrs. Emma Yallop, receiver. Lettcr1r to r5oo, and consists of chancel, n~v_e, south porch and _a ' through Long Stratton arrive at 8. 10 a.m. ; dispatched at fine embattled western ~ower, contammg one bell : there IS 5. 20 p.m. Long Stratton is the nearest money order &. a brass of the Blondenlle family with dates from 1490 to tele""raph office r638 : the church affords 120 sittings. The register dates . "' , . . . . from the year 1557. The living is a rectory, annexed to Natwual Sehool rruxed), enlarged In r8.86 for 75 children~ that of Swainsthorpe, average tithe rent-charge £"46o, joint average attendance, 65; (vacant), mistress net yearly value £"43.<;, including 68 acres .of glebe and CARRIERS from Pulham Mary & Long Stratton to Norwich residence, in the gift of and held since r884 by the Rev. pass through mon. wed. & sat. at 9.30 a.m. returning Ernest Henry Kellett Long M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford. same days ; also a carrier from Diss to .K orwich, 'Yh() The charities amount to £"9 yearly. Fortescue Waiter passes through at ro.45 a.m. sat Long Rev. Ernest Henry Kellett M.A. Cutting Charles, boot & shoe tnaker Kirby Edward, thatcher [rector], Rectory Dyball Thomas James, baker Long Albert, farmer COMMERCIAL. Gage Samuel, farmer Sayer John, market gardener BettsThomas,farmer, Hundred Acre frm Gooch James, farmer I Sheldrake t:larah (Mrs.), butcher Brighton Jes.."le, Maid's Head P.H Harbon Edward, market gardener Yallop Emma (Mrs.), grocer & draper. Brighton Richard, shopkeeper Harvey Frederick, farmer Post office Brown Frederick, farmer, Glebe farm Hubbard William, farmer WEST NEWTON is a Yillage and parish, 7 miles presented by the Bishop of Norwich: the church affords north-north-cast from Lynn and 2 east from Wolferton sta- 250 sittings. The register dates from the year r56o. The tion on the Lynn and Hunstanton section of the Great living is a rectory, annexed with that of Babingley to the Easte,rn railway, in the North Western division of the rectory of Sandringham, average tithe rent-charge £271• county, Freebridge Lynn hundred, petty sessional division joint gross yearly value £363, with 37~ acres of glebe and and union, county court district of Lynn, rural deanery of residence, in the gift of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and held Lynn Freebridge and archdeaconry and . since 1878 by the Hev. Frede1ick .Alfred John Hervey M.A. The church of SS. Peter and Paul is an ancient building of of Trinity College, Cambridge, domestic chaplain to H.R.H. carr stone, in the Late Perpendicular style, consisting of the Prince of ·wales, chaplain in ordinary to Her Majesty chancel, nave, north aisle, porch and an embattled western the Queen and hon. canon of Norwich, who resides at tower, with pinnacles, containing one bell : the church was Sandringham. The fuel allotment consists of 12 al:res. restored in 188r and again in r8gr, when the north aisle The Village club, for the servants and workmen employed was added, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, under the on the Sandringham estate, a buildingin the Swiss Domestic­ direction of Sir .a. W. Blomfield u.A., A.R.A., F.S.A. archi- style, was erected in r873 by T.R.H. the Prince and Princess tect, who also presented the carved oak lectern : the stained of Wales, and has now ( r892) 8o members. A number of east window was the gift of Christopher Sykes esq. M.P. and picturesque cottages have also been built in this parish by the reredos of tiles and mosaic was given by H.R.H. the H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, the lord of the manor and chief late Duke of .Alba.ny K.G.: the jewelled altar cross of brass, landowner, principally for the use of persons employed on . with two candlesticks and vases, were presented by the late his estate at Sandringham, and the public road has been German Emperor, Frederick Ill. and the Empress Fred- diverted through the village in order to enlarge the park. erick, the alms dish by Lord Colville of Culross, and the The soil is sandy and chalk ; subsoil, chalk, carr stone and rich crimson and purple altar covers by T.R. H. the Duke gravel. The land is cultivated -on the four-course system. nnd late Duchess of Cambridge: the chancel is fitted with The area is 1,205 acres; rateable value, £1,449; the popu­ stalls of carved oak, the gift of H.R.H. the Duke of Edin- lation in r891 was 304. burgh K.li-. and the pulpit was the offering of the Prince of PosT OFFICE.-ilenry Cook. receiver. Letters through Wales's household: the stained west window was erected Lynn, viil. Dersingham, arrive at 6.30 a.m. ; dispatehed by T.R.H. the Prince and Princess Christian, the Duke and at 6.45 p.m.; the box closes at 6.30 p.m. The nearest Duchess of Connaught, the Princess Louise (Marchioness of money order & telegraph otfice is at Dersingbam. Postal Lorne) and the Marquess of Lorne K.T.; there are other orders are issued here, but not paid stained windows, the gifts of H.R.li. the Prince of Wales Day School (in connection with Sandringham, Appleton & and the late Grand Duke of Hesse: Her Majesty the Queen Babingley), built in r88r, for 120 children; average: gave the fine organ, and the Bible and prayer book were attendance, 94; Waiter Jones, schoolmaster BiddulphRev.GodfreyJohnM.A.[curate] I Copeland Joseph, groom to H.R.H. the Dodrnan William, blacksmith Cook Henry, shopkeeper, Post office Princess of Wales Sheringham Edward Thomas, farmer NORDELPH, see UPWELL. . NORTHREPPS is a village and parish, 7 miles north pation of the West Indian slaves, often attended this church from North Walsham, ~ south-east from Cromer stations and died at Northrepps 19 Feb. 1845: there are276 sittings. on the Great Eastern and Eastern and Midlands railways, 3 The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a. from Uromer town and 3 from Gunton station on theN or- rectory, average yearly value from tithe rent-charge £453, wich and Cromer branch of the Great Eastern railway, in with r3~ acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the the Northern division of the county, North Erpingham Duchy of Lancaster, and held since 1879 by the Rev.Sarnuel hundred and petty sessional division, Erpingham union, I Francis Creswell D.D. of St. John's College, Cambridge, North Walsham county court district, rural deanery of Repps, F.R.G.s., F.R.A. s. There are reading rooms at Church street a.rchdeaconry of Norfolk aud diocese of Norwich. The and Cross Dale. Northrepps Hall, the property of John church of St. Mary is a building of flint with stone dress- Henry Gurney esq. J.P. and occupied by Richard Hanbury ings, chiefly in the Perpendicular style, consisting of cleres- Joseph Gurney esq. J.P. is an Elizabethan mansion, with toried nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western modern additions, and is situated in a small park. John tower containing 5 bells: two lancet windows, originally Henry Gurney esq. J.P. of Keswick Hall, Lord Suffield K.C.B., constructed for wooden shutters, and some fragments of P.C. who is lord of the manor, trustees of the late Benjamin zigzag moulding still remain: the Perpendicular screen, Bond-Cab bell esq. of Oromcr Hall, and Samuel Hoare esq. found in a barn, is now placed in ·position at the base of the , 111. P. of Cliff House, Cromer, are the principal landowners. tower; the upper stage, which is modern, is decorated with The soil is light; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are royal shields of arms, monograms &c. : .Sir Thomas Fowell wheat, turnips, barley and grass. The area is 2,731 acres; J3uxton hart. who laboured so conspicuous!y for tLe emam:i- rateable n1.lue, £3,278; th2 population in r88r was 573.