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530 WOLFERTON. . [KELLY'S yellow and black, were discovered over the chancel arch, owner. The soil is light, except the marsh land, which and have been carefully preserved; in the centre, where is stiff; subsoil, sand and carr stone on the higher land,. all traces of the old work had disappeared, a " Majesty" with clay in the marsh, generally farmed on the four· has been added by Messrs. Heaton, Butler and Bayne: course shift. The area is 3,380 acres of land and 12 of a lych gate, designed by the late Sir .A. W. Blomfield, water; rateable value, [3,237; the population in 190l! and given by H.M. the King, was erected in 1895· The was 234. church affords 200 sittings. The register dates from the Parish Clerk, Willia.m Hudson. year 165o. The living is a rectory, net income of [168, including 22 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift Post, lYI. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., E. D., S. B. & .A. & 1 .. of the Crown, and held since 1s97 by the Rev. Francis Office.-Mrs. S. E. Saward, sub-postmistress. LetterS' Arthur Stanley ffolkes B.A. of the University of Durham, arrive from Lynn at 7.30 a.m. in summer & 7·45 a.m. chaplain in or«linary to the King, and hon. chaplain to in winter, and 3.25 p.m.; sundays, 8 a.m.; dispatched' the Norfolk Imperial Yeomanry and J.P. Norfolk. A at 6.40 p.m. & 2.25 p.m. sundays reading room of carr stone and brick was erected in 1893 Public Elementary School (mixed & infants), built m. by H. M. the King, and opened by him December sth, I877 & enlarged in !887 for 120 children; ave'rage- !1:893· for the servants and workmen employed on the attendance, 40; a new house for the master has bee.. Sandringham estate. The Hackney stud farm, situated added by the King; Alfred Harrison, master in Wolferton, and- now used for thoroughbreds, belongs to H. M. the King, the lord of the manor and sole land- Railway Station, Harry Leonard Saward, station ma!!ter- ffolkes Rev. Fra.ncis Arthur S-tanley Gent Edward, shopkeeper Reading Room (A. Kingston Rudd .. B.A., J.P. (rector, chaplain in Harrison Alfred, organist & choir sec.; George Sayer, caretaker) Ordinary to the King), Rectory master Rix Fredk. Wm. farmer, Marsh farm fJolkes Geo.HoweBrowne J.P.Manor ho Minns Matthew, farm bailiff to His Upstone Daniel, manager of stud farm Gayford George William, cake, coal, Maje11ty the King, Church farm for His Majesty the King salt & grease merchant WOLTERTON is a parish, 4 miles north-west from .Ayl- of the Earl of Orford: the present mmsion, begua sham Town station and 3 milefl north-east from Corpusty in 1727, after the destruction of the old hall by fire, and station, both on the Midland and Great Northern joint rail- completed in 174l under the superintendence of Mr. wa1, and 9 south-west from Cromer, in the Northem divi- Thomas Ripley, architect, is at present unoccupied~ 1ion of the county, South Erpingham hundred and petty The Earl of Orford is lord of the manor and principal 11'8S8ional division, . union and county court dis- landowner. The soil is a good loam; subsoil, brick earth... trict, rural deanery of Ingworth (north division), and The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnip!! and grass~ archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich. .A short distance The area is 722 acres; rateable value, £847; the popula­ north-east from the Hall are the ruins of the ancient tion in 1901 was 49· church of St. Margaret, of which only the tower now . h · L remains. The inhabitants aUend the church at Wick- Ittenng am 1s the nearest Letter Box. etters through. mere. The living is a rectory, ronsolidated with that of Aylsham R.S.O. which is the neareliit money order office;, . The poor have 36s. yearly from Seamier's .Aldborough is the nearest telegraph office charity. The greater part of the parish is comprised in This place is included in the Wickmere Council School the extensive park attached to Wolterton Hall, the property The children of this place attend the schools at Wickmere· COMMERCIAL. Starling John, gamekeeper to t•he Earl Wells John, farm bailiff to Robert Geo. Cuhitt Miss, Park farm of Orford Seaman esq. of Oulton Q-my Samuel, head gardener to the Thornton John, estate agent to the Wells Thos. farm bailiff to .Algernon. Earl of Orford Earl of Orford; estate office at James Cubitt esq. of Not-wich Slipper James, e!lt·ate carpenter Thwaite .All Sainta WOOD:BASTWICK is a pariah and village, pleasantly lord of the manor and sole landowner, was burnt down m. aituated near the river Bure, 2~ miles north-east from December, 1882: the new ball, completed in .August, 1889.­ Salhouse station on the Cromer branch of the Great is a splendid mansion of red brick with stone dressings in Eastern railway and 8 north-east from Norwich, in the the Elizabethan style, standing upon 8 different site on. Eastern division of the county, Blofield and Walsham petty higher ground in the park, and commands extensive view• 1essional division, Walsham hundred, Blofield union, Nor- of the river Bure and several broads: the interior contain• wich county court district, rural deanery of Blofield and a number of valuable pictures and objec•s of art: attached 8rchdeaconry and diocese of Norwich. The church of SS. to the hall is a private chapel: the hall and stable• are­ l'abian and Sebastian, standing in the centre of the village, fitted throughout with the electric light, and in the park. is 8 building of flint with stone dressings and a thatched are a herd of white polled cattle. The soil is mixed; sub­ roof, in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, soil, brick earth. The chief crops are wheat, barley and· south porch and an embattled western tower with pin- oa-ts. The area is 2,081 acres of land, 122 of water an$ nacles, containing 2 bells: the stained east window is a 23 of tidal water; rateable value, _£2,153; the populatiolll ~~morial to Jolm ~Pd Bertie Cator, d. 1859, and there are in 1901 was 281. s number of other stained windows, several of which are Parish Clerk, Reuben Green. memorials: the church was restored in 1878-9 under the direction of the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott R..A. at a cost to Post & T. 0., E. D. & P. 0. Office.-Reuben Green. the patron of £s,ooo, and affords 1g0 sittings. The sub-postmaster. Letters through Norwich arrive at register dates from the year 1558. The living is a vicar- 7 a.m. & 3·5 p.m.; di!!patched at 12 noon & 5.20 '- age, with the rectory of Panxworth annexed, joint net 8 p.m.; sunday dispatch 9·30 a.m. Salhouse is th&· yearly value £3oo, including 58 acres of glebe, and resi- nearest money order office dence, in :the gift of Albemarle Cator esq. and i!! now Public Elementary School (mixed), built in 1881, and' (1904) vacant. There is an ancient endowment of about enlar~ed in 1903, at the expensi of A. Cator esq. for 1 acres of land for the poor of the parish. Woodbastwick 72 children·; average attendance, 57; Miss Mary Louisa Hall, the seat of Albemarle Cator esq. B.A., D.L., J.P. , mistress ()ator .Albemarle B.A., D.L., J.P. Cha'Pman Alfred, gardener to A. Cator Rardesty Elijah, farmer Woodbastwick hall Daniels Herbert, farmer, Heath farm Jermy Wm. farmer, Street farm Oator John B..A.., J.P. The Church Goose Thomas, farmer Read Thomas Frank, farmer, thresh- fllonll, Woodbastwick Green Reubn. estate carpenter,Post off ing machine propr. & asst. overseer Ohanler Lewis Stuyvesant, Old hall Hunt William, bead gamekeeper to Rice James, farmer Cholmeley Rev.Hy.Waldo B.A.(curate) Albemarle Cator esq. Woodbastwick Roofe William Elden, blacksmith Barber William, farmer hall l Smith William, electrician WOOD DALLING is a parish and village, 3 milea memorial brasses and 1labs to the Bnlwer and Fleetwood south-by-west from Corpusty and Saxthorpe stAI.tion, familie1 : the church was restored in 1867 and has 300 about the same distance north-east from Guestwick 11ittings, 150 !being free. The register dates from the station, both on the Midland and GTeat Northern joint year 1653. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value railway, and 1 west from Aylsham, in the Northern [100, with 57 acre• of glebe, and residence, in the gift of division of the county, Eynsford hundred and petty ses- Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and held since 1897 by the Rev. sional division, Aylsham union and county eourt district, GE>orge Rayleigh Vicars M.A. of St. Catharine's College. rural deanerr ef Sparham and archdeaconry and diocese Cambridge, and M.B., C.M. ·of St. .Andrew's University. ol Norwich. The church of St. Andrew is a large and N.B. The Ma!ter and Fellows of Trinity Hall, Cam­ well-built ediftce of flint, in the Perpendicular style, con- bridge, are impropriators of the great tithes. A parish .tsmg of chancel, nave, aisles, north porch and an em- mission room was built by the vicar in 18go. There are also battled western tower containing 5 bells : there are several Congregational and Primitive Methodist chapels and '